tragicomedy
a dramatic or other literary composition combining elements of both tragedy and comedy.
an incident, or series of incidents, of mixed tragic and comic character.
Origin of tragicomedy
1Other words from tragicomedy
- trag·i·com·ic [traj-i-kom-ik], /ˌtrædʒ ɪˈkɒm ɪk/, trag·i·com·i·cal, adjective
- trag·i·com·i·cal·ly, adverb
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How to use tragicomedy in a sentence
It is this which gives "The Fair Quarrel," in spite of its absurdities, superiority over most of the tragicomedies of the time.
Tragedy | Ashley H. ThorndikeA number of the tragicomedies are to be distinguished from the tragedies only by the happy endings and the absence of bloodshed.
Tragedy | Ashley H. ThorndikeThe others are romantic dramas which can be classified only with some difficulty as comedies, tragicomedies, and tragedies.
Tragedy | Ashley H. ThorndikeMoreover, tragicomedies as a class developed along the lines of the Beaumont-Fletcher romances.
Tragedy | Ashley H. ThorndikeTo the tragedies and "dramatic romances" or tragicomedies Fletcher did not contribute one-third as much as his co-worker.
Francis Beaumont: Dramatist | Charles Mills Gayley
British Dictionary definitions for tragicomedy
/ (ˌtrædʒɪˈkɒmɪdɪ) /
a drama in which aspects of both tragedy and comedy are found
the dramatic genre of works of this kind
an event or incident having both comic and tragic aspects
Origin of tragicomedy
1Derived forms of tragicomedy
- tragicomic or tragicomical, adjective
- tragicomically, adverb
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