"tragicomic" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more tragicomic [comparative], most tragicomic [superlative]
Etymology: Blend of tragic + comic Etymology templates: {{blend|en|tragic|comic}} Blend of tragic + comic Head templates: {{en-adj}} tragicomic (comparative more tragicomic, superlative most tragicomic)
  1. Of, pertaining to, or resembling tragicomedy; having both tragic and comic aspects. Synonyms: comicotragic, comicotragical, jocoserious, tragicomedic, comitragic Translations (related to tragicomedy): ողբերգակատակերգական (oġbergakatakergakan) (Armenian), tragicòmic (Catalan), tragikomisk (Danish), tragikomisch (Dutch), surkuhupaisa (Finnish), tragicomique [feminine, masculine] (French), traxicómico (Galician), tragikomisch (German), tragicomico (Italian), tragikomisk (Norwegian Bokmål), tragikomisk (Norwegian Nynorsk), tragikomiczny (Polish), трагикоми́чный (tragikomíčnyj) (Russian), трагикоми́ческий (tragikomíčeskij) (Russian), tragicómico (Spanish), tragikomisk (Swedish), sorglustig (Swedish)

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