romantic comedy
Americannoun
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romantic comedies
plural
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a light and humorous movie, play, etc., whose central plot is a happy love story.
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a genre of comedy represented by such works.
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of romantic comedy
First recorded in 1740–50
Example Sentences
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You don’t get when ‘’When Harry Met Sally…” by making one romantic comedy, you get it by making 200, and one of them is that.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026
On Thursday, Brammall returns for the third and final season of “Colin From Accounts,” the romantic comedy he created, produces, writes and stars in with his wife, Harriet Dyer.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
The lyrics were reworked for the soundtrack to her 1992 romantic comedy film, Straight Talk.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
Its closest resemblance is to Wain’s 2014 romantic comedy parody, “They Came Together,” which, despite having no shortage of memorable one-liners, functions best as a whole.
From Salon ● Jul. 12, 2026
Eventually, my mom received a visa, and she and my dad finally got their own version of a romantic comedy of errors.
From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi
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