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Meanings of
tragicomedy
in English
Russian
трагифарс
Portuguese
tragicômico
Spanish
tragicomedia
Catalan
tragicomèdia
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Genre of drama and literature.
Related terms
literary genre
theatrical genre
Russian
трагифарс
Portuguese
tragicomédia
Catalan
tragicomèdia
Spanish
tragicomedia
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A comedy with serious elements or overtones.
seriocomedy
Portuguese
tragicomédia
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Usage of
tragicomedy
in English
1
All the participants in this
tragicomedy
are now going through the motions.
2
Her voice sounds parched on some couplets, adding to the song's
tragicomedy
.
3
Women survive the
tragicomedy
only by dint of their great capacity for play-acting.
4
Quite suddenly the ghastly
tragicomedy
of the King's life came to an end.
5
Her own life she treated as a
tragicomedy
,
but writing she treated seriously.
6
The
tragicomedy
of Change UK is principally one of hubris.
7
If you had to boil it down, microtonally observed
tragicomedy
is her greatest strength.
8
Perhaps Ruhl has written that unusual genre, a romantic
tragicomedy
.
9
Secret Love, or the Maiden Queen, 1668, is a
tragicomedy
.
10
David Ireland's
tragicomedy
Cyprus Avenue picked up the James Tait Black Prize for Drama.
11
His second novel, a 'mystical
tragicomedy
'
called An Orchestra of Minorities, has just been published.
12
The defence attorneys representing the protesters described the court proceedings as a
"
tragicomedy
"
.
13
Maybe only Anthony Powell could do justice to the minor
tragicomedy
of Duncan Smith's career.
14
Ruth crossed over to the dramatist of this
tragicomedy
and put a hand on his shoulder.
15
His last drama was Love Triumphant, a
tragicomedy
.
16
Instead, they have got government as rolling
tragicomedy
.
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tragicomedy
Noun
Singular
Frequent collocations
certain tragicomedy
classic tragicomedy
defensive tragicomedy
ghastly tragicomedy
ironic tragicomedy
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Translations for
tragicomedy
Russian
трагифарс
трагикомедия
Portuguese
tragicômico
tragicomédia
Spanish
tragicomedia
tragi comedia
tragi-comedia
Catalan
tragicomèdia
Tragicomedy
through the time