˜yÐÄvlog

Advertisement

Advertisement

View synonyms for

farce

[ fahrs ]

noun

  1. a light, humorous play in which the plot depends upon a skillfully exploited situation rather than upon the development of character.
  2. humor of the type displayed in such works.
  3. foolish show; mockery; a ridiculous sham.

    Synonyms: ,

  4. Cooking. forcemeat.


verb (used with object)

farced, farcing.
  1. to season (a speech or composition), especially with witty material.
  2. Obsolete. to stuff; cram.

farce

/ ´Úɑ˲õ /

noun

  1. a broadly humorous play based on the exploitation of improbable situations
  2. the genre of comedy represented by works of this kind
  3. a ludicrous situation or action
  4. Alsofarcemeat another name for forcemeat
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. to enliven (a speech, etc) with jokes
  2. to stuff (meat, fowl, etc) with forcemeat
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Discover More

Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ³Ü²Ô·´Ú²¹°ù³¦±ð»å adjective
Discover More

˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of farce1

First recorded in 1300–50; (for the noun) Middle English fars “stuffing,†from Middle French farce, from Vulgar Latin farsa (unrecorded), noun use of feminine of Latin farsus, earlier fartus “stuffed,†past participle of ´Ú²¹°ù³¦Ä«°ù±ð “to stuffâ€; (for the verb) Middle English farsen, from Old French farcir, from Latin ´Ú²¹°ù³¦Ä«°ù±ð
Discover More

˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of farce1

C14 (in the sense: stuffing): from Old French, from Latin ´Ú²¹°ù³¦Ä«°ù±ð to stuff, interpolate passages (in the mass, in religious plays, etc)
Discover More

Example Sentences

Examples have not been reviewed.

This is not your average “eat the rich†farce.

From

The government is sitting on its hands over the Birmingham bin strike as negotiations in the dispute descend into farce, a union boss says.

From

Things operate similarly over on Bravo, where the only things that can get you kicked off a “Housewives†show are acknowledging the farce of having cameras follow you around all day and abject racism.

From

Season 2, a bedroom farce set at a gorgeous beachfront resort in Sicily, looked at sex, money and power.

From

Given the dystopian antifactual farce that is Washington today, there’s something odd about watching any kind of fiction set there.

From

Advertisement

Related ˜yÐÄvlogs

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement