noun
farce
FARS/fɑːrs/
Comedy built around exaggerated behavior and absurd situations.
In this farce, two characters carrying identical suitcases collide onstage.
Etymology
“To stuff” supplies the image of material inserted into something larger. The source traces the theatrical meaning through inserted liturgical phrases and buffoonery in religious plays; comic entertainment later also supplied the sense “ridiculous sham.”
In context
find themselves in absurd situations uh things fall apart the stakes get high higher and higher and higher as the play goes throughout and then there's also subtler forms of farce uh
More examples
- The play is a farce about three couples sharing one hotel room.
- She prefers farce to serious drama.
- The meeting turns into a farce when everyone starts shouting.
Forms
farce · farces
farcical adjective — Absurdly exaggerated or ridiculous, like a farce.