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US
/ˌtɹædʒɪˈkɑmɪk/
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ADJECTIVE
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of or relating to or characteristic of tragicomedy
a playwright specializing in tragicomic drama -
having pathetic as well as ludicrous characteristics
her life...presented itself to me as a tragicomical adventure -
manifesting both tragic and comic aspects
the tragicomic disparity...between's man's aspirations and his accomplishments
How To Use tragicomic In A Sentence
- That last complaint is tragicomic given that Memphis schools typically rank among the nation's five worst with fewer than half of black males graduating from high school. Tennessee's Chamber Maids
- We've traded our epic heroes for tragicomic ones who bear a stronger and stronger resemblance to ourselves. Christianity Today
- We've traded our epic heroes for tragicomic ones who bear a stronger and stronger resemblance to ourselves. Christianity Today
- I've been labelling myself as 'tragicomic pop'. The Sun
- her life...presented itself to me as a tragicomical adventure
- What you do is squirt a packet of ketchup on your arm, have a seat and watch the tragicomic parade of gore and suffering roll past.
- a playwright specializing in tragicomic drama
- It's a tragicomic turn of equal parts emotional heft and vaudeville vitality. Times, Sunday Times
- Even if Nichols cheats a bit about a few details, he makes his main characters tragicomically true to life, racily human enough to wrest sympathy from the sourest souls.
- the tragicomic disparity...between's man's aspirations and his accomplishments
