Definition of farcical
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: laughably inept : absurd
- farcical high jinks
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Examples of farcical in a Sentence
the farcical behavior of the troupe of circus clowns
the farcical routine that a person has to go through to get a refund from that company
Recent Examples of farcical from the Web
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The mounting criticism directed at Labour over the past two years has gotten hijacked politically, at turns verging on farcical and obscuring the matter at hand.
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Danny Scheie and, especially, Bhama Roget, sow impatience in their farcical routines.
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The opposition called for a boycott, denouncing the election as a farcical exercise.
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As polls closed on Wednesday, ending Egypt’s farcical three-day-long elections, no one in the Arab world’s most populous country had any doubts about who would win.
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Oh, on a slightly unrelated note, a farcical aquatic ceremony does not entitle you to carry your sword on the plane.
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At the same time, Frayn is painting life in the theater – and life in general — as an inevitably farcical endeavor.
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The tendons of his jaw swell with the strain of stifled feelings; his brows, usually tasked with double takes and farcical arching, knit with a terrible weight of guilt.
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Lukaku scored in each half at the John Smith's Stadium as United survived a farcical VAR decision to set up a last eight tie with Brighton at Old Trafford.
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First Known Use of farcical
1710
farcical Synonyms
Synonyms
antic, chucklesome, comedic, comic, comical, droll, funny, hilarious, humorous, hysterical (also hysteric), killing, laughable, ludicrous, ridiculous, riotous, risible, screaming, sidesplitting, uproarious;
Antonyms
humorless, lame, unamusing, uncomic, unfunny, unhumorous, unhysterical;
Near Antonyms
earnest, grave, no-nonsense, sedate, serious, severe, sober, sobersided, solemn, somber (or sombre), staid, unsmiling, weighty;
affecting, moving, poignant, touching, tragic (also tragical);
Related Words
amusing, diverting, entertaining;
clownish, knockabout, slapstick, slapsticky, zany;
facetious, flip, flippant, smart-aleck, smart-alecky, snickery;
priceless, rich, whimsical, witty, wry;
blithesome, gleeful, jocose, jocund, jolly, jovial, laughing, mad, merry, mirthful;
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