Farcical
['fɑːsɪk(ə)l] or ['fɑrsɪkl]
Definition
(adj.) broadly or extravagantly humorous; resembling farce; 'the wild farcical exuberance of a clown'; 'ludicrous green hair' .
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Definition
(a.) Pertaining to farce; appropriated to farce; ludicrous; unnatural; unreal.
(a.) Of or pertaining to the disease called farcy. See Farcy, n.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Droll, ludicrous, ridiculous.
Editor: Vince
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Ludicrous, comic, funny, nonsensical, droll, pantomimic
ANT:Grave, serious, solemn, dismal, tragical, funereal, ghastly
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Examples
- The gold-headed cane is farcical considered as an acknowledgment to me; but happily I am above mercenary considerations. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- This is a farcical waste of time, but still, if nothing else will satisfy you, it shall be done. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
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