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

Etymology

Origin of low comedy

First recorded in 1600–10

Example Sentences

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low comedy

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

Still, as a low comedy about crazed middle-American family life, “The Long Haul” pretty much delivers on its promise, diapers and all.

From Washington Post ● May 17, 2017

Despite the borderline low comedy of the outhouse dialogue, Friedenberg is more alert to the couple’s mutual regard.

From The New Yorker ● Nov. 4, 2016

And I'd sooner be Kiss, first low comedy, than dramatic critic of the best paper going.

From Miser Farebrother, Volume I (of 3) A Novel by Farjeon, Benjamin Leopold