farcical

The prospect of the government introducing a Hillsborough Law without the backing of the majority of the disaster's families and their supporters would have been farcical.

Francis is determined to keep his two bosses apart, a recipe for farcical mayhem, made all the more complicated by Rachel’s convincing drag act and Stanley’s ignorance of her master plan.

It’s also clumsy, farcical and potentially self-destructive; I would argue that those qualities complement the menace, rather than undercutting or contradicting it.

A little time spent with the farcical maneuverings of isolated megalomaniacs means you can skip reading the news that day.

The circumstances of the child’s death are eventually established as being bizarre and farcical, and along with a recurring gag involving the epitaph on her little headstone, it’s all supposed to be hilarious.