Farce

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A light dramatic work in which highly improbable plot situations, exaggerated characters, and often slapstick elements are used for humorous effect.
  • n. The branch of literature constituting such works.
  • n. The broad or spirited humor characteristic of such works.
  • n. A ludicrous, empty show; a mockery: The fixed election was a farce.
  • n. A seasoned stuffing, as for roasted turkey.
  • v. To pad (a speech, for example) with jokes or witticisms.
  • v. To stuff, as for roasting.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A style of humor marked by broad improbabilities with little regard to regularity or method; compare sarcasm
  • n. A motion picture or play featuring this style of humor.
  • n. A situation abounding with ludicrous incidents
  • n. A ridiculous or empty show
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To stuff with forcemeat; hence, to fill with mingled ingredients; to fill full; to stuff.
  • v. To render fat.
  • v. To swell out; to render pompous.
  • n. Stuffing, or mixture of viands, like that used on dressing a fowl; forcemeat.
  • n. A low style of comedy; a dramatic composition marked by low humor, generally written with little regard to regularity or method, and abounding with ludicrous incidents and expressions.
  • n. Ridiculous or empty show.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To stuff; cram.
  • Specifically In cookery, to stuff, as a pudding, fowl, or roast, with various meats, oysters, bread, or other ingredients, variously flavored or spiced; fill with stuffing.
  • Figuratively, to fill, as a speech or written composition, with various scraps of wit or humor; make “spicy.”
  • To extend; swell out.
  • To fatten.
  • n. A secular dramatic composition of a ludicrous or satirical character; low comedy.
  • n. Ridiculous parade; absurd pageantry; foolish show.
  • n. A ridiculous sham.
  • To paint.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. fill with a stuffing while cooking
  • n. mixture of ground raw chicken and mushrooms with pistachios and truffles and onions and parsley and lots of butter and bound with eggs
  • n. a comedy characterized by broad satire and improbable situations
  • Verb Form
    farced    farces    farcing   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    make full    fill up    fill    dressing    stuffing    comedy   
    Form
    farced    farcing    farcical   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    stuff    forcemeat    season   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    carse    marse    parse    sparse   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    comedy    tragedy    caricature    parody    mockery    pantomime    joke    melodrama    opera    interlude