comedies

noun

plural of comedy
as in humors
humorous entertainment presented a night of comedy as part of the weeklong celebrations

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Recent Examples of comedies There is an appetite for theatrical films and comedies. — Clayton Davis, Variety, 28 June 2026 Still, comedies struggle to put up huge numbers for Netflix. — Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 27 June 2026 As with comedies and dramas, that number is down from the highs of a few years ago, but the drop is most stark here, down essentially half from 61 in 2022. — Joe Reid, Vulture, 27 June 2026 That standard took her all the way through to Grace and Frankie, her longest running onscreen job to date and a relic of a time when networks allowed television comedies to build their audiences and their voices. — Seija Rankin, HollywoodReporter, 29 June 2026 Unlike her debut, Booksmart, there’s a real sense of formalism at work here, and this update on dark relationship comedies that leave the participants wounded and weary but wiser suggests at a big leap forward. — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 26 June 2026 Minions creator Pierre Coffin seized rare creative control, crafting a visually dense tribute packed with nods to silent comedies, early film experiments and studio landmarks. — Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 30 June 2026 The hallowed movie organization released a list of the 100 greatest comedies back in 2004, ranking three Brooks' classics, including Blazing Saddles at number 6. — Rance Collins, Entertainment Weekly, 28 June 2026 After his success on TV, Brooks began writing and then directing comedies, including Blazing Saddles (seen here with Cleavon Little and Harvey Korman), which was a massive success — and an enduring one. — Alex Apatoff, PEOPLE, 28 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for comedies
  1. humors
  2. satires
  3. farces
  4. slapsticks
Noun
  • However, Khatima also maintained that the four humors played a role in determining the plague’s course.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 27 May 2026
  • The ancient Greek physician Hippocrates divided the lives of men into only four stages, a number that mirrored the four humors and the four elements.
    — Shayla Love, New Yorker, 25 Feb. 2026
Definition of humors
Noun
  • By 1775, at age 47, as the first shots rang out at Lexington and Concord, her anonymous satires and plays were already shaping public opinion in support of independence.
    — Robin Follman, Oc Register, 4 July 2026
  • His ten other, wildly disparate books include two satires of media and marketing and an elegiac zombie novel set in Manhattan.
    — Julian Lucas, New Yorker, 22 June 2026
Definition of satires
Noun
  • With sparse amounts of slapstick, this staging isn’t the most physical of farces, though Lutz and Enriquez in particular strike some laugh-out-loud poses.
    — Emily McClanathan, Chicago Tribune, 17 Apr. 2026
  • Two suburban groups, Plano’s Rover Dramawerks and MainStage Irving-Las Colinas, are opening the new year with farces by prolific British playwrights that are marked by mistaken identity and other comic twists.
    — Manuel Mendoza, Dallas Morning News, 8 Jan. 2026
Definition of farces
Noun
  • Ludwigsen played each of the five commercial slapsticks five times in an anechoic environment, minimizing any acoustic room effects with absorbing wedges.
    — ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 1 June 2026
Definition of slapsticks

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