adjective
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ludicrous; absurd
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of or relating to farce
Other Word Forms
- farcicality noun
- farcically adverb
- farcicalness noun
- nonfarcical adjective
- nonfarcicality noun
- nonfarcically adverb
- nonfarcicalness noun
- unfarcical adjective
Etymology
Origin of farcical
Example Sentences
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The conditions were near farcical, the ball frequently squirming through fingers and set-pieces a mess, with Scotland making the lion's share of blunders.
From BBC
The use of stage direction as couples therapy is one of the more poignant sequences in a film that tends to dance along the line separating the farcical from the bittersweet.
England's Ashes tour teetered on another crisis as they were bowled out for 110 by Australia on an almost farcical first day of the fourth Test at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
From BBC
England's Ashes tour teetered on another crisis as they were bowled out for 110 by Australia on an almost farcical first day of the fourth Test at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
From BBC
“The brilliance of Diaper Diplomacy is that it just exposes something that is so farcical by merely repeating it,” said Theresa Bianco, 61, a professor of psychology at Concordia University in Montreal.
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