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  • 71comic — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. comical, funny, hilarious, laughable, sidesplitting, clownish, ludicrous, droll, slapstick, farcical. n. comedian, stand up comic. See absurdity, wit. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. funny, ridiculous,… …

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  • 72ludicrous — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. ridiculous, absurd (see absurdity). II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. laughable, farcical, ridiculous, outlandish; see absurd , funny 1 . See Synonym Study at absurd . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus)… …

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  • 73ridiculous — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. laughable, absurd, preposterous. See absurdity. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. ludicrous, absurd, laughable; see absurd , funny 1 . See Synonym Study at absurd . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a.… …

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  • 74comical — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. funny, droll, amusing, humorous; see funny 1 . See Synonym Study at funny . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. funny, hilarious, laughable, humorous, whimsical, jocular, zany, amusing, slapstick, farcical, loony, droll,… …

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  • 75The Drama — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:The Drama >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 the drama the drama the stage the theater the play Sgm: N 1 film the film film the film movies motion pictures cinema cinematography Sgm: N 1 theatricals theatricals …

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  • 76opéra bouffe —  , opera buffa  The first is a farcical French opera; the second a farcical Italian one …

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  • 77parodied — par·o·dy || pærÉ™dɪ n. literary work containing a farcical imitation of a particular person characteristic or style v. compose a farcical imitation of another work, write a satirical imitation …

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  • 78parodies — par·o·dy || pærÉ™dɪ n. literary work containing a farcical imitation of a particular person characteristic or style v. compose a farcical imitation of another work, write a satirical imitation …

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  • 79parody — par·o·dy || pærÉ™dɪ n. literary work containing a farcical imitation of a particular person characteristic or style v. compose a farcical imitation of another work, write a satirical imitation …

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  • 80parodying — par·o·dy || pærÉ™dɪ n. literary work containing a farcical imitation of a particular person characteristic or style v. compose a farcical imitation of another work, write a satirical imitation …

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