farcical

  • 11farcical — 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 …

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  • 12farcical — adjective resembling a farce; ludicrous; absurd The actions of politicians in office are a farcical joke to most of their constituents. See Also: farce …

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  • 13farcical — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. absurd, ludicrous, ridiculous, comical; see absurd , funny 1 , stupid 1 . See Synonym Study at funny . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) (VOCABULARY WORD) a. [FARS i kul] absurd, laughable, ridiculous. The solemn affair… …

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  • 14farcical — far|ci|cal [ farsıkl ] adjective something that is farcical is so badly organized, unsuccessful, or unfair that it seems silly ╾ far|ci|cal|ly [ farsıkli ] adverb …

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  • 15farcical — adjective extremely silly and badly organized: the farcical effect of period costumes made with polyester fabrics. farcically / kli/ adverb …

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  • 16farcical — UK [ˈfɑː(r)sɪk(ə)l] / US [ˈfɑrsɪk(ə)l] adjective something that is farcical is so badly organized, unsuccessful, or unfair that it seems silly Derived word: farcically UK [ˈfɑː(r)sɪklɪ] / US [ˈfɑrsɪklɪ] adverb …

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  • 17farcical — [ˈfɑːsɪk(ə)l] adj something that is farcical is so badly organized or unsuccessful that it seems silly …

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  • 18farcical ludicrous ridiculous — humourous humourous adj. same as {humorous}; causing amusement or laughter. [Narrower terms: {bantering, facetious, tongue in cheek, witty ; {boisterous, knockabout, slapstick ; {buffoonish, clownish, zany}; {comic, comical, funny, laughable,… …

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  • 19farcical — adjective Date: 1716 1. of, relating to, or resembling farce ; ludicrous 2. laughably inept ; absurd • farcicality noun • farcically adverb …

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  • 20farcical — farcicality, farcicalness, n. farcically, adv. /fahr si keuhl/, adj. 1. pertaining to or of the nature of farce. 2. resembling farce; ludicrous; absurd. [1710 20; FARCE + ICAL] * * * …

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