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
Words Nearby tragicomedy
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How to use tragicomedy in a sentence
The tragicomedy of U.S. politics is that we really do get the government we deserve.
Canada in the West has all races, and it was consistent of me to give a Chinaman of noble birth a part to play in the tragicomedy.
You Never Know Your Luck, Complete | Gilbert ParkerThe distinctions between tragedy, comedy, tragicomedy, and romantic comedy often become barely discernible.
Tragedy | Ashley H. ThorndikeFor a time it is mainly confined to romantic comedy, but it soon enters into tragedy and tragicomedy.
Tragedy | Ashley H. ThorndikeAt the opening of the theatres, tragedy and tragicomedy took up their courses about where they had left off.
Tragedy | Ashley H. Thorndike
This tragicomedy, as Lamb called it, in two acts, is slighter than "Woodvil" and even less adapted to the stage.
Tragedy | Ashley H. Thorndike
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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