comedynoun
uk/ˈkɒm.ə.di/us/ˈkɑː.mə.di/B1 [ C ] a (type of) film, play, or book that is intentionally funny either in its characters or its action:
His latest movie is described as a "romantic comedy".
I prefer Shakespeare's comedies to his tragedies.
[ U ] the humorous part of a situation:
The vicar's forgetting his lines in the middle of the speech provided some good comedy.
comedy of manners
a type of comedy in which the social behaviour of a particular group of people is made to appear silly
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- British politics remains very fertile ground for comedy.
- What genre does the book fall into - comedy or tragedy?
- 'Modern Times' is a classic comedy starring Charlie Chaplin, the grandaddy of comic actors.
- He tried to do a comedy routine, but all his jokes fell flat .
- She recast her novel as a musical comedy.
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Types of film, play, book etc.
- adaptation
- anime
- blockbuster
- epigram
- epistle
- film noir
- hagiography
- hokum
- indie
- lampoon
- mystery
- pastiche
- pastoral
- prose
- saga
- satire
- slow
- the big screen 1
- thriller
- vignette
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Humour & humorous