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
Synonyms
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 on the Web
Blair runs some of the most successful satire pages on the internet meant to target conservatives who don’t bother to click beyond his fictional and farcical headlines.
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Kalhan Rosenblatt, NBC News, 20 Mar. 2024
Across the 10 episodes of Apple TV+'s Palm Royale, though, her performance grows only to a point, then stops, even as the series’ farcical melodrama spins ever more wildly.
—Tom Gliatto, Peoplemag, 20 Mar. 2024
The resulting series of escalating high jinks, which includes the use of blowfish poison, verges on the farcical, but the novel’s major chord is one of rueful longing.
—The New Yorker, 11 Mar. 2024
And then there’s all the original music — both hysterical and farcical (as created by the writers and music director Jeff Richmond) and sometimes profound (when written by Bareilles).
—Michael Schneider, Variety, 7 Mar. 2024
Every episode ends in some kind of farcical catastrophe, as the situation spins out of control to a riotously funny result.
—Danny Horn, EW.com, 24 Jan. 2024
But before the plot can come too close to the darkest moments of a movie like 12 Years a Slave, things go sideways and the fight becomes farcical in hilarious fashion.
—Christian Holub, EW.com, 28 Sep. 2023
In this enthralling story about farcical invention in the face of calamitous grief, the writing is taut as ever.
—Carolina A. Miranda, Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2024
There are millions of people around the world who are not allowed to vote, or whose elections are so corrupt and farcical that voting is pointless.
—Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York Times, 14 Oct. 2023
Kalhan Rosenblatt, NBC News, 20 Mar. 2024
Across the 10 episodes of Apple TV+'s Palm Royale, though, her performance grows only to a point, then stops, even as the series’ farcical melodrama spins ever more wildly.
—Tom Gliatto, Peoplemag, 20 Mar. 2024
The resulting series of escalating high jinks, which includes the use of blowfish poison, verges on the farcical, but the novel’s major chord is one of rueful longing.
—The New Yorker, 11 Mar. 2024
And then there’s all the original music — both hysterical and farcical (as created by the writers and music director Jeff Richmond) and sometimes profound (when written by Bareilles).
—Michael Schneider, Variety, 7 Mar. 2024
Every episode ends in some kind of farcical catastrophe, as the situation spins out of control to a riotously funny result.
—Danny Horn, EW.com, 24 Jan. 2024
But before the plot can come too close to the darkest moments of a movie like 12 Years a Slave, things go sideways and the fight becomes farcical in hilarious fashion.
—Christian Holub, EW.com, 28 Sep. 2023
In this enthralling story about farcical invention in the face of calamitous grief, the writing is taut as ever.
—Carolina A. Miranda, Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2024
There are millions of people around the world who are not allowed to vote, or whose elections are so corrupt and farcical that voting is pointless.
—Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York Times, 14 Oct. 2023
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“Farcical.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/farcical. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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