Skip to main content
English Language & Usage

Return to Question

link, formatting, tag SWR
Source Link
Jacinto
Jacinto
  • 10.2k
  • 5
  • 42
  • 67

facetious:facetious (Oxford Dictionaries):

treating serious issues with deliberately inappropriate humour; flippant

treating serious issues with deliberately inappropriate humour; flippant

I'm looking for a word that means the total opposite; to treat humorus or non-serious issues with deliberately inappropriate gravity. There exist a few words and phrases that can get the idea across (cantankerous, old grouch, stick-in-the-mud), but they usually speak to more than just my specific sought definition. Also just a word would be preferable; phrases generally aren't nearly as satisfying in their delivery. Thanks.

facetious:

treating serious issues with deliberately inappropriate humour; flippant

I'm looking for a word that means the total opposite; to treat humorus or non-serious issues with deliberately inappropriate gravity. There exist a few words and phrases that can get the idea across (cantankerous, old grouch, stick-in-the-mud), but they usually speak to more than just my specific sought definition. Also just a word would be preferable; phrases generally aren't nearly as satisfying in their delivery. Thanks.

facetious (Oxford Dictionaries):

treating serious issues with deliberately inappropriate humour; flippant

I'm looking for a word that means the total opposite; to treat humorus or non-serious issues with deliberately inappropriate gravity. There exist a few words and phrases that can get the idea across (cantankerous, old grouch, stick-in-the-mud), but they usually speak to more than just my specific sought definition. Also just a word would be preferable; phrases generally aren't nearly as satisfying in their delivery. Thanks.

Source Link
Axalon57
Axalon57
  • 191
  • 1
  • 3
  • 10

Antonym of facetious

facetious:

treating serious issues with deliberately inappropriate humour; flippant

I'm looking for a word that means the total opposite; to treat humorus or non-serious issues with deliberately inappropriate gravity. There exist a few words and phrases that can get the idea across (cantankerous, old grouch, stick-in-the-mud), but they usually speak to more than just my specific sought definition. Also just a word would be preferable; phrases generally aren't nearly as satisfying in their delivery. Thanks.