Julian felt toward him that tragi-comic sensation which makes us pity the object which excites it not the less that we are somewhat inclined to laugh amid our sympathy. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
tragi-comic — [[t]træ̱ʤi kɒ̱mɪk[/t]] also tragicomic ADJ Something that is tragi comic is both sad and amusing at the same time … English dictionary
tragi-comic — … Useful english dictionary
Tragi-comical — Tragi comic Trag i com ic, Tragi comical Trag i com ic*al, a. [Cf. F. tragi comique.] Of or pertaining to tragi comedy; partaking of grave and comic scenes. {Trag com ic*al*ly}, adv. [1913 Webster] Julian felt toward him that tragi comic… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
tragi — tragi; tragi·comedy; tragi·comic; tragi·comical; tragi·comically; … English syllables
Tragi-comedy — Trag i com e*dy, n. [Cf. F. tragicom[ e]die, L. tragicocomoedia. See {Tragic}, and {Comedy}.] A kind of drama representing some action in which serious and comic scenes are blended; a composition partaking of the nature both of tragedy and comedy … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
tragicomic — tragi·comic … English syllables
Trag-comically — Tragi comic Trag i com ic, Tragi comical Trag i com ic*al, a. [Cf. F. tragi comique.] Of or pertaining to tragi comedy; partaking of grave and comic scenes. {Trag com ic*al*ly}, adv. [1913 Webster] Julian felt toward him that tragi comic… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
comedy — comedial /keuh mee dee euhl/, adj. /kom i dee/, n., pl. comedies. 1. a play, movie, etc., of light and humorous character with a happy or cheerful ending; a dramatic work in which the central motif is the triumph over adverse circumstance,… … Universalium
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