tragicomic

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1. tragicomic - Adjective

2. tragicomic - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

having pathetic as well as ludicrous characteristics

manifesting both tragic and comic aspects

of or relating to or characteristic of tragicomedy

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her life...presented itself to me as a tragicomical adventure Source: Internet

the tragicomic disparity...between's man's aspirations and his accomplishments Source: Internet

a playwright specializing in tragicomic drama Source: Internet

Adams, p. 414 Shakespeare's romances are more sharply tragicomic than his comedies: threats of death and scenes of suffering are more acute. Source: Internet

Swanson’s Norma has imperious statements about how pathetic the modern movie business is, how lacking in its old mythic grandeur (“I’m still big, it’s the pictures that got small.”) and possesses a tragicomic magnificence. Source: Internet

Red Skelton 's character in The Clown (1953), Dodo the Clown, depicts the circus clown as a tragicomic stock character, "a funny man with a drinking problem". Source: Internet

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