farcical
/ˈfɑː(ɹ)sɪkəl/
farcical adjective: resembling a farce; ludicrous; absurd.
Adjective (1)
farcical (comparative more farcical, superlative most farcical)
- Resembling a farce; ludicrous; absurd.
- A closer look at North Korean history reveals what Pyongyang’s leaders really want their near-farcical belligerence to achieve — a reminder to the world that North Korea exists, and an impression abroad that its leaders are irrational and unpredictable.2013 April 9, Andrei Lankov, “Stay Cool. Call North Korea's Bluff.”, in New York Times
- In August the generals won approval for the document in a referendum made farcical by a law which forbade campaigners from criticising the text.2017 January 14, “Thailand's new king rejects the army's proposed constitution”, in The Economist
Adjective (2)
farcical (not comparable)
- Pertaining to farcy.
farcical meaning in Urdu, Bengali, Malayalam and Tagalog
farcical in Urdu
- مزاحیہ, مضحکہ خیز
farcical in Bengali
- প্রহসনমূলক, হাস্যকর, হাস্যকরভাবে অযৌক্তিক
farcical in Malayalam
- ludicrous, ridiculous, preposterous
- വെറും പ്രഹസനമായ, അപഹാസ്യമായ, പരിഹാസ്യമായ, സാമാന്യയുക്തിക്കു നിരക്കാത്ത, ഹാസ്യജനകമായ, അസംബന്ധമായ
- madcap, zany, slapstick
- പ്രഹസനപരമായ, ലക്കില്ലാത്ത, ഭ്രാന്തുതരമായ, വികടത്തരമായ, ഹാസ്യജനകമായ, കോമാളിത്തരമായ
farcical in Tagalog
- absurd
- matiyaw
Examples of farcical in a sentence
- Having established this ultimate, farcical commoditization of heroism, Robbins turns his attention to Carlos.
- Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony.
- We were maids and farmers, handymen and washerwomen, and anything higher that we aspired to was farcical and presumptuous.
Forms of farcical
| comparative | more farcical |
|---|---|
| superlative | most farcical |
Origin of farcical
From farce + -ical, after comical etc.
From farcy + -ical.
Words formed from farcical
Questions about farcical
- What does farcical mean?
- Farcical means resembling a farce; ludicrous; absurd.
- What is farcical in Urdu?
- Farcical in Urdu is مزاحیہ, مضحکہ خیز. See Farcical meaning in Urdu.
- What part of speech is farcical?
- Farcical is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce farcical?
- Farcical is pronounced /ˈfɑː(ɹ)sɪkəl/.
Words near farcical in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: farcical (page history and authors); farcical (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Farcical (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); farcical (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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