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Meanings of farce in inglés
Synonyms
Examples for "travesty"
Examples for "travesty"
1
In a trial the top court in this state termed a travesty.
2
The fable in Greece originated in an intentional travesty of human affairs.
3
The party disagrees and has called the directive a travesty of justice.
4
The committee has been represented by critics as a travesty of democracy.
5
The Franco-Prussian War was in progress, and this travesty was particularly timely.
1
The farce comedy, the musical show are virtually minstrel shows.
2
Oh, yes, I'm working on a farce comedy now.
3
It is the immortal prototype of farce comedy, this play of the "Taming of the Shrew."
4
After eight days' constant writing I completed a two-act farce comedy which I called The Diamond Palace Saloon.
5
It's the farce comedy of life.
Usage of farce in inglés
1
Mr Tipene said the situation was a farce and had to stop.
2
Does history repeat itself, first as tragedy, the second time as farce?
3
Mr Carmody's letter illustrates the farce that passes for politics in Ireland.
4
But, like the farce, there was no way out of the situation.
5
The West shunned Saturday's election and Georgia said it was a farce.
6
The two journalists, the court was told, considered the proceedings a farce.
7
It was time this farce ended; he would spit the giant now.
8
It simply assured the popularity of Chupin, the organizer of the farce.
9
Thus ended the dreary farce of the prosecution of the Lookout lynchers.
10
Frederick smiled; the whole thing struck him as a farce badly played.
11
The farce came full circle in the week following the Letterman debacle.
12
His life was a tragedy written in the terms of knockabout farce.
13
The loafers and bibbers around caught the farce of it, and roared.
14
The same tragic farce was played in Washington some eleven years ago.
15
But, as in all the best farce, the surprises ultimately seem preordained.
16
In his 50 years, Higgins has see-sawed between triumph, despair and farce.
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Farce through the time
Farce across language varieties
Ireland
Common
United Kingdom
Common
New Zealand
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