low comedy

American  

noun

1. comedy that depends on physical action, broadly humorous or farcical situations, and often bawdy or vulgar jokes.

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low comedy British  

noun

1. comedy characterized by slapstick and physical action

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Other Word Forms

• low comedian
  noun

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Etymology

Origin of low comedy

First recorded in 1600–10

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Example Sentences

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low comedy

Most of this low comedy is witless and irrelevant, dissipating the tension.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026

Sounds sad, but the show blends high and low comedy with weighty themes and melancholic moments.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 27, 2025

But he’s now knocking 70 and suffering through an undignified low comedy of back problems, tinnitus and spiritual malaise.

From The Guardian ● Aug. 11, 2019

His memories of overnight bus rides and crazy characters unspool in stories of low budgets and low comedy.

From New York Times ● Sep. 19, 2015

Two years later he was a regular member of the Drury Lane company in London, where he had a great success in the low comedy and servants' parts.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" by Various

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