Farces Synonyms and Antonyms

A comedy characterized by broad satire and improbable situations
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. travesties
  2. parodies
  3. shams
  4. mockeries
  5. comedies
  6. burlesques
  7. caricatures
  8. mimes
  9. jokes
  10. mocks
  11. stuffings
  12. satires
  13. nonsenses
Antonyms:
  1. tragedies
Something absurd or ridiculous
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. travesties
  2. shams
  3. mockeries
  4. pretenses

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Farces Sentence Examples

  • Even Shakespeare has been played by these amateurs, and the abundant wit of the Japanese is on the way to enrich the stage with modern farces of unquestionable merit.

  • These elements are, briefly stated, (1) a strong partiality for subjects dealing with humble life, in country and town, with the fun of taverns and village greens, with that domestic life in the rough which goes to the making of the earlier farces in English and French; (2) a whimsical, elfin kind of wit, delighting in extravagance and topsy-turviness; (3) a frank interest in the pleasures of good company and good drink.

  • Blanche produced a number of farces and comedies which were announced as pictures from real life.

  • Some of his short pieces are collected as Farces et moralites (1904).

  • To name the best known, Evora, the city of culture, produced Affonso Alvarez, author of religious pieces, Antonio Ribeiro, nicknamed "the Chiado," an unfrocked friar with a strong satirical vein who wrote farces in the Bazochian style,.

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