farcical
adjective
far·ci·cal
ˈfär-si-kəl 
1
: of, relating to, or resembling farce (see farce entry 1 sense 1a) : ludicrous
the farcical parts of comedies
2
: laughably inept : absurd
farcical high jinks
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
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At the heart of her tale lies an early-twentieth-century initiative that was undertaken with absolute earnestness at the time but seems almost farcical today: a multicountry effort to redirect America’s enormous influx of Jewish immigrants from Ellis Island to Galveston, Texas.
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Kathryn Schulz, New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2025
The Ban | 2024 | United Kingdom, Ireland | Roisin Agnew | Thirty years after the IRA ceasefire in Northern Ireland, this experimental archive film looks at Margaret Thatcher’s farcical broadcasting ban that saw actors hired to dub those associated with terrorism.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 25 June 2025
But we are told much the same thing—that what is happening, however at once farcical and horrible, is solid, and represents the present and future.
—Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 13 June 2025
The farcical energy that Ralph Fiennes brings to The Grand Budapest Hotel is unequaled in the Wes Anderson filmography.
—Joe Reid, Vulture, 12 June 2025
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Kathryn Schulz, New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2025
The Ban | 2024 | United Kingdom, Ireland | Roisin Agnew | Thirty years after the IRA ceasefire in Northern Ireland, this experimental archive film looks at Margaret Thatcher’s farcical broadcasting ban that saw actors hired to dub those associated with terrorism.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 25 June 2025
But we are told much the same thing—that what is happening, however at once farcical and horrible, is solid, and represents the present and future.
—Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 13 June 2025
The farcical energy that Ralph Fiennes brings to The Grand Budapest Hotel is unequaled in the Wes Anderson filmography.
—Joe Reid, Vulture, 12 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for farcical
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“Farcical.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/farcical. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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