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persiflage

noun as in teasing

Weak match

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Example Sentences

"There's a little too much persiflage around here," he said sternly.

Forester smiled, but not without anger, at the quiet persiflage of her manner.

The proprietor of the Kingsbury Tavern smiled indulgently at this persiflage.

All this persiflage, in harmony with the polemics of the Gorgias, derides and degrades the Rhetors collectively.

What brilliant effort of persiflage was to follow will never be known, for at that moment came Sanders.

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On this page you'll find 14 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to persiflage, such as: banter, frivolity, mockery, and chaffing.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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