tragicomic

tragicomic

English

Etymology

Blend of tragic +‎ comic

Adjective

tragicomic (comparative more tragicomic, superlative most tragicomic)

1. Of, pertaining to, or resembling tragicomedy in having both tragic and comic aspects.
   • 2009 April 12, Robert D. McFadden and Scott Shane, “In Rescue of Captain, Navy Kills 3 Pirates”, in The New York Times, page A1:

     The pirates threatened to kill Captain Phillips if attacked, and the result was tragicomic: the world’s most powerful navy vs. a lifeboat.

Translations

related to tragicomedy

Catalan: tragicòmic Finnish: surkuhupaisa (fi) French: tragicomique (fr) m or f Galician: traxicómico Italian: tragicomico

Norwegian: Bokmål: tragikomisk Nynorsk: tragikomisk Spanish: tragicómico Swedish: tragikomisk (sv)