"black comedy" meaning in All languages combined

See black comedy on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: black comedies [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} black comedy (countable and uncountable, plural black comedies)
  1. Synonym of black humor Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Comedy Synonyms: black humor [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-black_comedy-en-noun-GdpAc-f2 Disambiguation of Comedy: 57 43 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 59 41 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 59 41 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 59 41
  2. A dramatic work that uses black humor. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (a dramatic work that uses black humor): černá komedie (Czech), pukuhohe mōkinokino (Maori)
    Sense id: en-black_comedy-en-noun-VPKKq1JH Disambiguation of 'a dramatic work that uses black humor': 43 57

Inflected forms

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