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[ adjective ] (drama) of or relating to or characteristic of tragicomedy
Examples "a playwright specializing in tragicomic drama" Used in print (Chicago Daily Tribune...)More_than a beautiful visualization of the illustrious adventures and escapades of the tragi-comic knight-errant and his squire , Sancho_Panza , in seventeenth century Spain , this inevitably abbreviated rendering of the classic satire on chivalry is an affectingly warm and human exposition of character . (James Thurber, "The Future, If Any, of Comedy,"...)In them , there is usually a group of Anglo-Americans with tragicomic problems , worthy of being explored either in the novel or in the play or in comedy and satire '' . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] manifesting both tragic and comic aspects
Synonyms Examples "the tragicomic disparity...between man's aspirations and his accomplishments"- B.R.Redman Related terms |
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[ adjective ] having pathetic as well as ludicrous characteristics
Synonyms Examples "her life...presented itself to me as a tragicomical adventure"- Joseph Conrad" Related terms |
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