Jocular vs Teasing - What's the difference?
jocular | teasing |
(formal) Humorous]], amusing or [[joke, joking.
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* 1910 , :
The act of teasing; making fun of or making light of.
As an adjective jocular
is humorous, amusing or joking.As a verb teasing is
present participle of lang=en.As a noun teasing is
the act of teasing; making fun of or making light of.jocular
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- He was in a jocular mood all day.
- All we had was a short and jocular conversation.
- From the tone of the speaker, the last words might be understood to be jocular .
- Sometimes he would notice it, pat it, call it half-mocking, half-jocular names, and so make it caper with extraordinary delight.
- Then papa began to get very tired of Jones, and fidgeted and finally said, with jocular irony, that Jones had better stay all night, they could give him a shake-down.
Synonyms
* (humorous) dismissive, jokey, unemotional, silly; see alsoAntonyms
* (humorous) heartfelt, serious, sincereDerived terms
* jocularly * jocularity * jocularnessExternal links
* * *teasing
English
Verb
(head)Noun
(wikipedia teasing) (en noun)- Teasing can be seen as a kind of workplace abuse.