things which should be taken seriously. Syn-onym facetious

cleverly amusing in tone

a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter, A fluid or semi-fluid of the body, That quality of the imagination which gives to ideas an incongruous or fantastic turn, and tends to excite laughter or mirth by ludicrous images or representations; a playful fancy; facetiousness, transitive verb_ To comply with the wishes or ideas of (another) in order to keep that person satisfied or unaware of criticism; indulge, To help on by indulgence or compliant treatment; to soothe; to gratify; to please

a disposition to find (or make) causes for amusement, activities that are enjoyable or amusing, Enjoyment; amusement, intransitive verb_ To speak or act facetiously; joke or fool, To tease or speak playfully to, adjective_ Enjoyable; amusing, informal enjoyable, amusing

Something said or done to evoke laughter or amusement, especially an amusing story with a punch line, A mischievous trick; a prank, Something that is of ludicrously poor quality, intransitive verb_ To speak in fun; be facetious, To say or write as a joke