farce

Meaning

Noun

1. A style of humor marked by broad improbabilities with little regard to regularity or method.
2. A motion picture or play featuring this style of humor.
3. A situation abounding with ludicrous incidents.
4. A ridiculous or empty show.

Verb

1. To stuff with forcemeat or other food items.
2. To fill full; to stuff.
3. (obsolete) To make fat.
4. (obsolete) To swell out; to render pompous.
5. Alternative form of farse (“to insert vernacular paraphrases into (a Latin liturgy)”)

Synonyms

burlesque

comedy

low comedy

satire

stuff

farce comedy

travesty

slapstick

forcemeat

jest

mockery

extravaganza

drollery

fill

fill in

fill out

fill up

flood

fulfil

fulfill

imbue

impregnate

inflate

infuse

line

litter

live up to

loaf

make out

man

👨

meet

mimicry

occupy

pack

pantomime

parody

prime

ridiculous

riotous

satisfy

season

show

spoof

story

stuffing

top off

absurdity

wad

waggery

force-meat

make full

impromptu skit

sport

low farce

turn

act

bawdy

buffoonery

charade

charge

cheap

close

complete

discharge

drench

droll

Pronounced as (IPA)

/fɑːs/

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French farce (“comic interlude in a mystery play”, literally “stuffing”). Doublet of farse.

Sentences

We cannot forget that farce .