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tragicomic |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Tragi-comic \Trag`i-com"ic\, Tragi-comical \Trag`i-com"ic*al\, a. [Cf. F. tragi-comique.] Of or pertaining to tragi-comedy; partaking of grave and comic scenes. -- {Trag`-com"ic*al*ly}, adv Julian felt toward him that tragi-comic sensation which makes us pity the object which excites it not the less that we are somewhat inclined to laugh amid our sympathy. --Sir W. Scott. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: tragicomic adj 1: (drama) of or relating to or characteristic of tragicomedy; "a playwright specializing in tragicomic drama" 2: manifesting both tragic and comic aspects; "the tragicomic disparity...between's man's aspirations and his accomplishments"- B.R.Redman [syn: {tragicomical}] 3: having pathetic as well as ludicrous characteristics; "her life...presented itself to me as a tragicomical adventure"- Joseph Conrad" [syn: {tragicomical}]
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