tragicomedy
noun
tragi·com·e·dy
ˌtra-ji-ˈkä-mə-dē 
: a drama or a situation blending tragic and comic elements
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The play is a tragicomedy about a man's search for love.
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Its jacket copy states, With a voice somewhere between Violeta Parra and Bad Bunny, Paulina Flores paints a portrait of a city, a generation, and its distinctive characteristics in this tragicomedy.
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Diana Arterian
july 30, Literary Hub, 30 July 2025
Told with a classic heist structure and hints of tragicomedy, the story follows an ordinary government employee obsessed with winning the Melate lottery.
—Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety, 23 July 2025
Erotic Lives of the Superheroes, a cancer tragicomedy, killer women, and more were among the show pitches presented during the Industry Days program of the 59th edition of the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (KVIFF) on Tuesday.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 8 July 2025
In Facility Theatre’s new revival of the Irish playwright’s absurdist tragicomedy, the blind and paralyzed character (played by artistic director Kirk Anderson) looks like a slightly steampunk Scrooge, writes Emily McClanathan.
—Chicago Tribune, 27 May 2025
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Diana Arterian
july 30, Literary Hub, 30 July 2025
Told with a classic heist structure and hints of tragicomedy, the story follows an ordinary government employee obsessed with winning the Melate lottery.
—Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety, 23 July 2025
Erotic Lives of the Superheroes, a cancer tragicomedy, killer women, and more were among the show pitches presented during the Industry Days program of the 59th edition of the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (KVIFF) on Tuesday.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 8 July 2025
In Facility Theatre’s new revival of the Irish playwright’s absurdist tragicomedy, the blind and paralyzed character (played by artistic director Kirk Anderson) looks like a slightly steampunk Scrooge, writes Emily McClanathan.
—Chicago Tribune, 27 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for tragicomedy
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“Tragicomedy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tragicomedy. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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