tragicomedy
noun
a dramatic or other literary composition combining elements of both tragedy and comedy.
tragicomic
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a word derived from
tragicomedy.
Example Sentences
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This tragicomic result winks at the slight but important difference between artistry and stardom.
From Salon ● Feb. 8, 2026
As in Samuel Beckett’s tragicomic theater and novels, Tarr’s movies, by turns funny and heartbreaking, dignify human struggle with an uncommon tenacity of vision and empathy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 8, 2026
But the tale he tells is tragicomic and never less than fascinating.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 5, 2025
"Penn is a knockout tragicomic villain: it's his best performance in years," he wrote.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2025
Written in a tragicomic style, it is very amusing.
From The Essays of Arthur Schopenhauer; Studies in Pessimism by T. Bailey (Thomas Bailey) Saunders
