That's a farce.
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Farce
//fɑːs//
Synonyms for "farce" (148 found)
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Related words (74)
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Verb(1 words)
Noun(1 words)
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76 translations across 24 languages.
Bulgarian
4 entries- комедия noun (situation full of ludicrous incidents)
- фарс noun (style of humor)
- фарс noun (ridiculous or empty show)
- пълня verb (to stuff with forcemeat)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 鬧劇 /闹剧 noun (style of humor)
- 鬧劇 /闹剧 noun (ridiculous or empty show)
Czech
3 entries- fraška noun (style of humor)
- fraška noun (situation full of ludicrous incidents)
- fraška noun (ridiculous or empty show)
Danish
3 entries- farce noun (style of humor)
- farce noun (situation full of ludicrous incidents)
- farce noun (ridiculous or empty show)
Dutch
4 entries- blijspel noun (style of humor)
- farce noun (style of humor)
- farce noun (situation full of ludicrous incidents)
- farce noun (ridiculous or empty show)
Esperanto
1 entries- farso noun (style of humor)
French
2 entries- farce noun (style of humor)
- farcir verb (to stuff with forcemeat)
German
4 entries- Farce noun (style of humor)
- Farce noun (situation full of ludicrous incidents)
- Farce noun (ridiculous or empty show)
- Posse noun (style of humor)
Icelandic
4 entries- farsi noun (style of humor)
- farsi noun (situation full of ludicrous incidents)
- skopleikur noun (style of humor)
- skopleikur noun (situation full of ludicrous incidents)
Italian
1 entries- farsa noun (style of humor)
Japanese
2 entries- ファルス noun (style of humor)
- 笑劇 noun (style of humor)
Latin
3 entries- mīmus noun (style of humor)
- mīmus noun (situation full of ludicrous incidents)
- mīmus noun (ridiculous or empty show)
Lithuanian
3 entries- farsas noun (style of humor)
- farsas noun (situation full of ludicrous incidents)
- farsas noun (ridiculous or empty show)
Malayalam
1 entries- പ്രഹസനം noun (style of humor)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- farse noun (style of humor)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- farse noun (style of humor)
Polish
3 entries- farsa noun (style of humor)
- farsa noun (situation full of ludicrous incidents)
- farsa noun (ridiculous or empty show)
Portuguese
3 entries- farsa noun (style of humor)
- farsa noun (situation full of ludicrous incidents)
- farsa noun (ridiculous or empty show)
Romanian
2 entries- farsă noun (style of humor)
- farsă noun (situation full of ludicrous incidents)
Russian
4 entries- балага́н noun (ridiculous or empty show)
- фарс noun (style of humor)
- фарс noun (situation full of ludicrous incidents)
- фарс noun (ridiculous or empty show)
Spanish
3 entries- farsa noun (style of humor)
- farsa noun (situation full of ludicrous incidents)
- sainete noun (situation full of ludicrous incidents)
Swedish
4 entries- buskis noun (style of humor)
- fars noun (style of humor)
- fars noun (situation full of ludicrous incidents)
- fars noun (ridiculous or empty show)
Tagalog
1 entries- tiyaw noun (style of humor)
Yiddish
1 entries- פֿאַרס noun (style of humor)
Sample sentences
19 total sentences available.
Even before Reagan and the Supreme Court stifled it, OSHA was a farce.
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Of course Jon Stewart is America's most trusted anchor now—even our real news is a farce!
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Of course Jon Stewart is the most trusted anchor in the United States now—even our real news is a farce!
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