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Tragicomic

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Adjective

1. tragicomic

of or relating to or characteristic of tragicomedy

Example Sentences:
'a playwright specializing in tragicomic drama'

2. tragicomic, tragicomical

manifesting both tragic and comic aspects

Example Sentences:
'the tragicomic disparity...between's man's aspirations and his accomplishments'

3. tragicomic, tragicomical

having pathetic as well as ludicrous characteristics

Example Sentences:
'her life...presented itself to me as a tragicomical adventure'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Tragicomic

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n. pl. trag·i·com·e·dies
1. A work of fiction, as a play, film, or novel, combining elements of tragedy and comedy.
2. The genre made up of such works.
3. An incident or situation having both comic and tragic elements.

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