单词 | tragicomic |
释义 | tragicomic (once / 29697 pages) adj WORD FAMILY tragicomic: tragicomedy, tragicomically+/tragicomedy: tragicomedies, tragicomical USAGE EXAMPLESTheir grotesque faces, tragicomic anatomies and enigmatic postures make for freakishly compelling images. The Guardian(Dec 01, 2016) You are in it together in his stories—writer, characters, readers—companions in tragicomic progress toward a kinship of suffering and enlightenment. Wall Street Journal(Nov 24, 2016) But Churchill hated the Sutherland portrait with so much irrational passion that it all turned into a tragicomic fiasco. New York Times(Nov 23, 2016) 1adj of or relating to or characteristic of tragicomedy a playwright specializing in tragicomic drama 2adj manifesting both tragic and comic aspects "the tragicomic disparity...between's man's aspirations and his accomplishments"- B.R.Redman Syn tragicomical sad experiencing or showing sorrow or unhappiness 3adj having pathetic as well as ludicrous characteristics Syn tragicomical humorous, humourous full of or characterized by humor |
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