Tragicomic Definition & Meaning
tragicomic
- adjective
- of or relating to or characteristic of tragicomedy; "a playwright specializing in tragicomic drama"
- manifesting both tragic and comic aspects; "the tragicomic disparity...between's man's aspirations and his accomplishments"- B.R.Redman
- having pathetic as well as ludicrous characteristics; "her life...presented itself to me as a tragicomical adventure"-- Joseph Conrad
Words that rhyme with tragicomic
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