Farce vs. Farse — Which is Correct Spelling?
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Which is correct: Farce or Farse
How to spell Farce?
Farce
Correct Spelling
Farse
Incorrect Spelling
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Farce Definitions
(uncountable) A situation abounding with ludicrous incidents.
The first month of labor negotiations was a farce.
A ludicrous, empty show; a mockery
The fixed election was a farce.
Farce is a comedy that seeks to entertain the audience through situations that are highly exaggerated, extravagant, ridiculous, absurd, and improbable. Farce is also characterized by heavy use of physical humor; the use of deliberate absurdity or nonsense; satire, parody, and mockery of real-life situations, people, events, and interactions; unlikely and humorous instances of miscommunication; ludicrous, improbable, and exaggerated characters; and broadly stylized performances.
A light dramatic work in which highly improbable plot situations, exaggerated characters, and often slapstick elements are used for humorous effect.
The branch of literature constituting such works.
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The broad or spirited humor characteristic of such works.
A seasoned stuffing, as for roasted turkey.
To pad (a speech, for example) with jokes or witticisms.
To stuff, as for roasting.
(uncountable) A style of humor marked by broad improbabilities with little regard to regularity or method.
(countable) A motion picture or play featuring this style of humor.
The farce that we saw last night had us laughing and shaking our heads at the same time.
(uncountable) A ridiculous or empty show.
The political arena is a mere farce, with all sorts of fools trying to grab power.
(culinary) Forcemeat, stuffing.
(transitive) To stuff with forcemeat or other food items.
To fill full; to stuff.
To make fat.
To swell out; to render pompous.
To stuff with forcemeat; hence, to fill with mingled ingredients; to fill full; to stuff.
The first principles of religion should not be farced with school points and private tenets.
His tippet was aye farsed full of knives.
To render fat.
If thou wouldst farce thy lean ribs.
Stuffing, or mixture of viands, like that used on dressing a fowl; forcemeat.
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.
Farce is that in poetry which "grotesque" is in a picture: the persons and action of a farce are all unnatural, and the manners false.
Ridiculous or empty show; as, a mere farce.
A comedy characterized by broad satire and improbable situations
Mixture of ground raw chicken and mushrooms with pistachios and truffles and onions and parsley and lots of butter and bound with eggs
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