Farce

Noun

 * 1)  A style of humor marked by broad improbabilities with little regard to regularity or method; compare sarcasm
 * 2)  A motion picture or play featuring this style of humor.
 * The farce that we saw last night had us laughing and shaking our heads at the same time.
 * 1)  A situation abounding with ludicrous incidents
 * The first month of labor negotiations was a farce.
 * 1)  A ridiculous or empty show
 * The political arena is a mere farce, with all sorts of fools trying to grab power.

Derived terms

 * farcical

Adjectives for Farce
coarse; physical; ghastly; boisterous; solemn; gigantic; glorious; brisk.

Thesaurus
Atticism, Thalia, a continental, a curse, a damn, a darn, a hoot, agile wit, arlequinade, bagatelle, bauble, bean, bibelot, bit, black comedy, black humor, brass farthing, broad comedy, burlesque, burletta, button, camp, caricature, cent, comedie bouffe, comedie larmoyante, comedie rosse, comedietta, comedy, comedy ballet, comedy of humors, comedy of ideas, comedy of intrigue, comedy of manners, comedy of situation, comedy relief, comic muse, comic opera, comic relief, curio, dark comedy, domestic comedy, dressing, dry wit, esprit, exode, farce comedy, farthing, feather, fig, fleabite, folderol, forcemeat, fribble, frippery, gaud, genteel comedy, gewgaw, gimcrack, hair, halfpenny, harlequinade, high camp, hill of beans, humor, imitation, irony, jest, joke, kickshaw, knickknack, knickknackery, lampoon, light comedy, low camp, low comedy, mime, minikin, mock, mockery, molehill, musical, musical comedy, nimble wit, opera buffa, parody, pastiche, peppercorn, picayune, pin, pinch of snuff, pinprick, pleasantry, pretty wit, quick wit, rap, raw comedy, ready wit, realistic comedy, red cent, romantic comedy, row of pins, rush, salt, sarcasm, satire, satyr play, savor of wit, sentimental comedy, sham, shit, situation comedy, slapstick, slapstick comedy, slapstick humor, snap, sneeshing, sou, squib, straw, stuffing, subtle wit, takeoff, toy, tragicomedy, travesty, trifle, trinket, triviality, tuppence, two cents, twopence, visual humor, whim-wham, wicked imitation, wit

Etymology
From farcen: <  farsir:, farcir: <  farcire:.

Translations

 * Dutch:
 * German:


 * Icelandic: farsi, skopleikur , ærlsaleikur
 * Polish:


 * German:
 * Icelandic: farsi, skopleikur, skrípaleikur


 * Polish:


 * Czech:
 * German:


 * Icelandic: skrípaleikur, skopleikur , sýndarmennska
 * Polish:

Anagrams

 * facer

Noun

 * 1) stuffing (for meat, etc)
 * 2) farce (play)

Related terms

 * farcir

Noun
farce