farcical
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Emily Kuroda as take-charge producer Madame Liang and Marc Oka as Wang, Ta’s old-school father, throw themselves into the revival with full farcical force.
From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026
Though the subject is serious, the approach this time is light and farcical.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 22, 2026
Everton won 2-1 at Fulham thanks to farcical own goal from Cottagers keeper Bernd Leno.
From Barron's • Feb. 7, 2026
The use of stage direction as couples therapy is one of the more poignant sequences in a film that tends to dance along the line separating the farcical from the bittersweet.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 3, 2026
They dug trenches, secured supply lines and were sent out on night exercises that were farcical for the infantrymen because the purpose was never explained and there was a shortage of weapons.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
Vocabulary lists containing farcical
100 SAT Words Beginning with "F"
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Just Mercy
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