Antonyms for jokes

Grammar : Noun, verb

Spell : johk

Phonetic Transcription : dʒoʊk

Definition of jokes

Origin : 1660s, "to make a joke," from Latin iocari "to jest, joke," from iocus (see joke (n.)). Related: Joked; joking.

noun fun, quip
noun person that is made fun of
verb kid, tease

Example sentences :

But he has played so many of these jokes that they begin to lose their effect.
Extract from : « Monsieur du Muroir (From "Mosses From An Old Manse") » by Nathaniel Hawthorne

There are lots of jokes, but I am such a one for forgetting them.'
Extract from : « Echoes of the War » by J. M. Barrie

The Citizen Morot could not hear the jokes nor distinguish the cause of the groaning.
Extract from : « The Slave Of The Lamp » by Henry Seton Merriman

The jokes are in the vernacular, but in a vernacular as spoken in a certain social medium.
Extract from : « The American Mind » by Bliss Perry

Beneath the surface of his jokes there is moral earnestness, there is ethical passion.
Extract from : « The American Mind » by Bliss Perry

Is a celebrated humorist, seeing through all jokes but himself.
Extract from : « Who Was Who: 5000 B. C. to Date » by Anonymous

They laughed so at the jokes about her belly that the column itself vibrated.
Extract from : « L'Assommoir » by Emile Zola

The joke was wasted, as all jokes seemed to be upon Mr. Cobb.
Extract from : « Thankful's Inheritance » by Joseph C. Lincoln

"Looks as if facin' my jokes was no child's play, don't it," he observed.
Extract from : « Shavings » by Joseph C. Lincoln

I tried to joke him into better humor, but he did not respond to my jokes.
Extract from : « The Rise of Roscoe Paine » by Joseph C. Lincoln

Synonyms for jokes

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