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Found 3 items, similar to Jesting.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: jesting
garah, pergurauan
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: jesting
jesting
adj : characterized by jokes and good humor [syn:
jocose,
jocular,
joking]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Jesting
Jest
\Jest\, v. i. [imp. & p. p.
Jested; p. pr. & vb. n.
Jesting.]
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1. To take part in a merrymaking; -- especially, to act in a
mask or interlude. [Obs.] --Shak.
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2. To make merriment by words or actions; to joke; to make
light of anything.
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He jests at scars that never felt a wound. --Shak.
Syn: To joke; sport; rally.
Usage: To
Jest,
Joke. One jests in order to make others
laugh; one jokes to please himself. A jest is usually
at the expense of another, and is often ill-natured; a
joke is a sportive sally designed to promote good
humor without wounding the feelings of its object.
“Jests are, therefore, seldom harmless; jokes
frequently allowable. The most serious subject may be
degraded by being turned into a jest.” --Crabb.
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Jesting
\Jest"ing\, a.
Sportive; not serious; fit for jests.
Syn: joking.
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He will find that these are no jesting matters.
--Macaulay.
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Jesting
\Jest"ing\, n.
The act or practice of making jests; joking; pleasantry.
--Eph. v. 4.
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