farce
[noun]
Synonyms:
- comedy, buffoonery, burlesque, satire, slapstick
- mockery, joke, nonsense, parody, sham, travesty

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

farce /fɑːs $ fɑːrs/ noun
[Date: 1500-1600; Language: French; Origin: Latin farcire 'to stuff (= fill with a mixture of cut-up food)'; because early religious plays often had humorous parts put into them]

1. [singular] an event or a situation that is very badly organized or does not happen properly, in a way that is silly and unreasonable:
She admitted that the interview had been a complete farce from start to finish.

2. [uncountable and countable] a humorous play or film in which the characters are involved in complicated and silly situations, or the style of writing or acting that is used

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

farce
noun
ADJ. complete, total The whole procedure has become a complete farce.
French, Whitehall (both figurative) It was like a Whitehall farce the way I was sent from department to department and everyone said it was someone else's job to help me.
VERB + FARCE become, degenerate into, end in, turn into The debate degenerated into farce when opposing speakers started shouting at each other.

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