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- Dictionaryfarce/fɑːs/
noun
- 1. a comic dramatic work using buffoonery and horseplay and typically including crude characterization and ludicrously improbable situations: "he toured the backwoods in second-rate farces" Similar Opposite
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FARCE definition: 1. a humorous play or film where the characters become involved in unlikely situations 2. the style…. Learn more.
The meaning of FARCE is a light dramatic composition marked by broadly satirical comedy and improbable plot. How to use farce in a sentence. Did you know?
A farce is a broad satire or comedy, though now it's used to describe something that is supposed to be serious but has turned ridiculous. If a defendant is not treated fairly, his lawyer might say that the trial is a farce.
noun. 1. a light, humorous play in which the plot depends upon a skillfully exploited situation rather than upon the development of character. 2. humor of the type displayed in such works. 3. foolish show; mockery; a ridiculous sham. 4. Cookery.
n. 1. (Theatre) a broadly humorous play based on the exploitation of improbable situations. 2. (Theatre) the genre of comedy represented by works of this kind. 3. a ludicrous situation or action. 4. (Cookery) Also: farcemeat another name for forcemeat. vb (tr) 5. to enliven (a speech, etc) with jokes. 6.
noun. a light, humorous play in which the plot depends upon a skillfully exploited situation rather than upon the development of character. humor of the type displayed in such works. foolish show; mockery; a ridiculous sham. Synonyms: travesty, burlesque. Cooking. forcemeat.
Definition of farce noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
FARCE definition: 1. a serious event or situation that becomes ridiculous because it is so badly organized: 2. a…. Learn more.
If you describe a situation or event as a farce, you mean that it is so disorganized or ridiculous that you cannot take it seriously.
Something absurd or ridiculous, as an obvious pretense. His show of grief was a farce. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. More Noun Definitions (1) Synonyms: forcemeat. travesty. farce-comedy. low comedy. slapstick. burlesque. take off. stuffing. sham.
