- farcical
- adjective Date: 1716 1. of, relating to, or resembling farce ; ludicrous 2. laughably inept ; absurd • farcicality noun • farcically adverb
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Farcical — Far ci*cal, a. Pertaining to farce; appropriated to farce; ludicrous; unnatural; unreal. [1913 Webster] They deny the characters to be farcical, because they are ??tually in in nature. Gay. {Far ci*cal*ly}, adv. {Far ci*cal*ness}, n. [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Farcical — Far ci*cal, a. Of or pertaining to the disease called farcy. See {Farcy}, n. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
farcical — index ludicrous Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
farcical — 1716, from FARCE (Cf. farce) + ICAL (Cf. ical). Related: Farcically … Etymology dictionary
farcical — comical, comic, ludicrous, iaughable, ridiculous, risible, droll, funny … New Dictionary of Synonyms
farcical — [adj] absurd amusing, camp, campy*, comic, comical, derisory, diverting, droll, for grins*, funny, gelastic, joshing, laughable, ludicrous, nonsensical, outrageous, preposterous, ridiculous, risible, slapstick, stupid; concepts 267,542 Ant. real … New thesaurus
farcical — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ resembling farce; absurd or ridiculous. DERIVATIVES farcically adverb … English terms dictionary
farcical — [fär′si kəl] adj. of, or having the nature of, a farce; absurd, ridiculous, etc. SYN. FUNNY farcicality [fär′sikal′ə tē] n. pl. farcicalities farcically adv … English World dictionary
farcical — far|ci|cal [ˈfa:sıkəl US ˈfa:r ] adj 1.) a situation or event that is farcical is very silly and badly organized ▪ Opposition leaders described the government s plans as farcical . 2.) a farcical play or film is a humorous one in which the… … Dictionary of contemporary English
farcical — [[t]fɑ͟ː(r)sɪk(ə)l[/t]] ADJ GRADED (disapproval) If you describe a situation or event as farcical, you mean that it is so silly or extreme that you are unable to take it seriously. ...a farcical nine months jail sentence imposed yesterday on a… … English dictionary
farcical — adjective 1) the idea is farcical Syn: ridiculous, preposterous, ludicrous, absurd, laughable, risible, nonsensical; senseless, pointless, useless; silly, foolish, idiotic, stupid, harebrained, cockamamie; informal crazy … Thesaurus of popular words
