Definitions for tragicomedy

tragicomedy trag·i·com·e·dy

Spelling: [traj-i-kom-i-dee]
IPA: /ˌtrædʒ ɪˈkɒm ɪ di/

Tragicomedy is a 11 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 22 points.

You can make 1221 anagrams from letters in tragicomedy (acdegimorty).

Definitions for tragicomedy

noun

  1. a dramatic or other literary composition combining elements of both tragedy and comedy.
  2. an incident, or series of incidents, of mixed tragic and comic character.

Origin of tragicomedy

1570-80; Late Latin tragicōmoedia, syncopated variant of Latin tragicocōmoedia. See tragic, -o-, comedy

Examples for tragicomedy

For a time it is mainly confined to romantic comedy, but it soon enters into tragedy and tragicomedy.

Canada in the West has all races, and it was consistent of me to give a Chinaman of noble birth a part to play in the tragicomedy.

The tragicomedy of U.S. politics is that we really do get the government we deserve.

How far Byron was in earnest in this tragicomedy is more difficult to determine.

The Humorous Lieutenant is of that kind,—it is called a tragicomedy by some.

The distinctions between tragedy, comedy, tragicomedy, and romantic comedy often become barely discernible.

In tragedy it plays a fitful part, but in tragicomedy it conquers the theatres.

All the participants in this tragicomedy are now going through the motions.

Women survive the tragicomedy only by dint of their great capacity for play-acting.

Hortensia leant forward, an eager spectator, watching the three actors in this tragicomedy.

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