tragicomic

Example Sentences

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But the tale he tells is tragicomic and never less than fascinating.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 5, 2025

Yet Harjo wrote Lee as a tragicomic figure perpetually floundering his way through his investigations and his life, taking his share of black eyes and deadly near-misses in the bargain.

From Salon • Oct. 8, 2025

"Penn is a knockout tragicomic villain: it's his best performance in years," he wrote.

From BBC • Sep. 18, 2025

Alma Pöysti and Jussi Vatanen, the Finnish stars of his latest, the tragicomic romance “Fallen Leaves,” are getting to meet both during their whirlwind tour of America at the height of Hollywood’s awards season.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 11, 2024

Adj. dramatic; theatric, theatrical; scenic, histrionic, comic, tragic, buskined†, farcical, tragicomic, melodramatic, operatic; stagy.

From Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Roget, Peter Mark