farcenoun
uk/fɑːs/us/fɑːrs/farce noun (PLAY)
[ C ] a humorous play or film where the characters become involved in unlikely situations
[ U ] the style of writing or acting in this type of play:
The play suddenly changes from farce to tragedy.
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Literature
- alliteration
- antihero
- arch-villain
- baddy
- ballad
- bard
- dramatist
- epigram
- hero
- heroine
- iambic
- ingénue
- limerick
- poetry
- prose poem
- prosody
- psalm
- quatrain
- stylistics
- tragicomedy
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Types of film, play, book etc.
farce noun (SITUATION)
[ C ] disapproving a situation that is very badly organized or unfair:
No one had prepared anything so the meeting was a bit of a farce.
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Situations and circumstances
- affair
- backdrop
- background
- case
- circumstance
- climate
- condition
- footing
- going
- matrix
- perfect storm
- picture
- position
- practicality
- scheme
- situation
- snapshot
- stake
- the scheme of things idiom
- thing
farcical
adjective uk/ˈfɑː.sɪ.kəl/us/ˈfɑːr.sɪ.kəl/disapproving
The whole situation has become farcical.
farcically
adverb uk/ˈfɑː.sɪ.kəl.i/us/ˈfɑːr.sɪ.kəl.i/disapproving