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WOTD: farce

Posted on November 13, 2020November 5, 2020 by Wordsmyth

noun

1. a comedy that depends for its humor on quick and surprising turns of events and on exaggerated characters and situations, or the type of humor characteristic of such a play.
Oscar Wilde’s famous farce, The Importance of Being Ernest, carries the subtitle “A trivial comedy for serious people.”

2. anything improbable, absurd, or empty of meaning; mockery; sham.
With just one candidate, the election seemed a farce to many people.

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