tragicomic

Meanings

Adjective

• of or relating to or characteristic of tragicomedy
  • "a playwright specializing in tragicomic drama"

Adjective Satellite

• manifesting both tragic and comic aspects; - B.R.Redman
  • "the tragicomic disparity...between's man's aspirations and his accomplishments"
• having pathetic as well as ludicrous characteristics; --Joseph Conrad
  • "her life...presented itself to me as a tragicomical adventure"

Adj

• Of, pertaining to, or resembling tragicomedy; having both tragic and comic aspects.

Synonyms

comicotragic, comicotragical, jocoserious, tragicomical