A comedy with serious elements or overtones

• A dramatic composition involving elements of both tragedy and comedy usually with the tragic predominating
• Production that is both funny and sad
• Type of drama
• Work that's both funny and sad
• "Waiting for Godot," for one

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. A drama that combines elements of tragedy and comedy.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ So I watched the tragicomedy unfold before me and believed it.

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. a dramatic composition involving elements of both tragedy and comedy usually with the tragic predominating a comedy with serious elements or overtones [syn: seriocomedy ]

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Tragicomedy is a literary genre that blends aspects of both tragic and comic forms. Most often seen in dramatic literature , the term can variously describe either a tragic play which contains enough comic elements to lighten the overall mood or a serious ...