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as in humorous
causing or intended to cause laughter
the farcical behavior of the troupe of circus clowns
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as in ridiculous
so foolish or pointless as to be worthy of scornful laughter
the farcical routine that a person has to go through to get a refund from that company
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Recent Examples of farcical
Toward the end of the farcical 24-minute video As Seen on TV (1988), a Chaplinesque figure played by the actor Bill Irwin loses his grip on reality.
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Beatrice Loayza, ARTnews.com, 6 Feb. 2025
Was a bad decision, farcical use of VAR (or rather lack of) and gave us no chance in the game itself and may have cost us 2 points against Brighton.
—Sam Joseph, The Athletic, 17 Jan. 2025
This farcical, entertaining drama about generational trauma will make a dad happy his own family isn't that messy.
—Lizz Schumer, People.com, 14 Dec. 2024
The doors that slam, as farcical doors are built to do, open to work spaces, where a good deal of time is spent scheming and counter-scheming.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 7 Feb. 2025
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Beatrice Loayza, ARTnews.com, 6 Feb. 2025
Was a bad decision, farcical use of VAR (or rather lack of) and gave us no chance in the game itself and may have cost us 2 points against Brighton.
—Sam Joseph, The Athletic, 17 Jan. 2025
This farcical, entertaining drama about generational trauma will make a dad happy his own family isn't that messy.
—Lizz Schumer, People.com, 14 Dec. 2024
The doors that slam, as farcical doors are built to do, open to work spaces, where a good deal of time is spent scheming and counter-scheming.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 7 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for farcical
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The talented cast of BET Plus’s hit show Sistas brings to life the heartfelt, relatable, and often humorous journey of modern Black women navigating love, friendship, and career.—
Noel Cody,
Essence,
7 Mar. 2025
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Gercke is quite skilled at building characters and writing humorous and poetic dialogue.—
Pam Kragen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
6 Mar. 2025
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Brendan Gallagher scored a goal in that game on the power play, taking a ridiculous feed from Andrei Markov in the slot and converting, blowing the roof off the building.—
Arpon Basu,
The Athletic,
16 Mar. 2025
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Bam Adebayo only taking seven shots each in the last two games is ridiculous.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
15 Mar. 2025
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The comedic heartbeat of the film is maintained by Julia Fox, Saweetie and Benito Skinner, who play the show-within-a-film’s judges panel.—
Glenn Garner,
Deadline,
14 Mar. 2025
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Cheadle and Benicio del Toro are both strong in the dual lead roles, while the cast is full of ringers, from Jon Hamm to Brendan Fraser to Julia Fox in a scene-stealing comedic role.—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
14 Mar. 2025
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Undermining tax collections and the IRS goes hand in glove with Trump’s absurd belief that the U.S. federal government can or should try to fund itself primarily via tariffs.—
New York Daily News,
Twin Cities,
16 Mar. 2025
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The more absurd or humorous examples, like the animation of Irving that plays at his funeral, can also be disconcerting.—
Abigail Lee,
Variety,
15 Mar. 2025
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Not the most memorable, but Myers’s flail-laughing at his own insufferable jokes remains a pretty funny encapsulation of Musk’s self-satisfied riffing.—
Ben Rosenstock,
Vulture,
9 Mar. 2025
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Know your audience—What one person finds funny, another might not.—
Cheryl Robinson,
Forbes,
9 Mar. 2025
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Finally, its focus on physics means that things get silly pretty quickly, which makes for very shareable moments and clips.—
David Faris,
Newsweek,
17 Mar. 2025
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Dozen Bakery off Nolensville Pike is celebrating this silliest of holidays with special pies and quiche.—
Adam Tamburin,
Axios,
14 Mar. 2025
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Here are Lady Gaga’s music-video hats, ranked in terms of experimentation, narrative contribution, comical lack of narrative contribution, and, of course, style. 60.—
Kinsey Jasnoch,
Vulture,
7 Mar. 2025
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When the Raptors were in town, Haliburton was beating defenders off the dribble with almost comical ease.—
Tony East,
Forbes,
28 Feb. 2025
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Michael Gandolfini pops up as a slimy Fisk mayoral staffer who wouldn’t look out of place in this magazine’s recent cover featuring the new young right, and his playing both pathetic and vaguely sympathetic is very fun to watch.—
Nicholas Quah,
Vulture,
4 Mar. 2025
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How to decide which of these pathetic characters will get his fading masculinity restored?—
Peter Debruge,
Variety,
2 Mar. 2025
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“Farcical.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/farcical. Accessed 22 Mar. 2025.
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