farce
IPA: fˈɑrs
noun
- (uncountable) A style of humor marked by broad improbabilities with little regard to regularity or method.
- (countable) A motion picture or play featuring this style of humor.
- (uncountable) A situation abounding with ludicrous incidents.
- (uncountable) A ridiculous or empty show.
- (cooking) Forcemeat, stuffing.
verb
- (transitive) To stuff with forcemeat or other food items.
- (transitive, figurative) To fill full; to stuff.
- (transitive, obsolete) To make fat.
- (transitive, obsolete) To swell out; to render pompous.
- Alternative form of farse (“to insert vernacular paraphrases into (a Latin liturgy)”) [(transitive) To insert vernacular paraphrases into (a Latin liturgy).]
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Examples of "farce" in Sentences
- The farce just gets more farcical.
- The part he plays on the show is a farce.
- The film is based on the farce by Ben Travers.
- The play mingles elements of tragedy and farce.
- So I pulled out the farce and left the tragedy.
- The final stages of the tournament descended into farce.
- Her talent was particularly evident in the farce and the comedy.
- The film has perspicacious visual design combined with comedy and farce.
- Most of the plays incline to the type of farce rather than of pure comedy.
- Like his novels, these stories combine farce, sexual peccadilloes, and humor.
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