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facetious

adjective

Treating a serious matter with deliberately inappropriate humor.

Inappropriately humorous

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flippant tongue-in-cheek joking jocular playful

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irreverence

noun

A lack of the respect or seriousness conventionally shown to someone or something.

Lack of conventional respect

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disrespect impertinence impiety flippancy cheekiness

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irreverent

adjective

Showing a lack of solemn respect for something usually treated seriously.

Lacking solemn respect

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disrespectful impertinent cheeky flippant impious mocking

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levity

noun

Lightness of manner, especially when greater seriousness is expected.

Lightness of manner

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lightness frivolity flippancy playfulness lightheartedness

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sportive

adjective

Playful or lighthearted.

Playful and lighthearted

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playful frolicsome lighthearted merry sprightly fun-loving

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