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tragicomedy

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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 ]

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

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 ...

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.

Usage examples of tragicomedy.

Wells's stories is, first of all, scientific discovery, and beyond that the petty snobberies and tragicomedies of contemporary English life, especially lower-middle-class life.