tragicomic
UKtrædʒikɔmik
US'trædʒı'kɔmık
معنی فارسی
مربوط به اثر کمدي وتراژدي ،
غم انگيز وتفريحي ،
حاوي حوادث حزن اور وخنده اور.
ریشه و کاربرد
ریشه
From Latin 'tragicus' and 'comoedia'. First known use in English in the 1560s.
مثال
- The play was a tragicomic look at life.
- His life story is truly tragicomic.
- The tragicomic events of the day made us laugh and cry.
ترکیبهای رایج
Tragicomic tale Tragicomic story Tragicomic situation
تعریف انگلیسی
adjective
- of or relating to or characteristic of tragicomedy “a playwright specializing in tragicomic drama” “Pertains to noun: tragicomedy”
- manifesting both tragic and comic aspects “the tragicomic disparity...between's man's aspirations and his accomplishments"- B.R.Redman”
- having pathetic as well as ludicrous characteristics “her life...presented itself to me as a tragicomical adventure"--Joseph Conrad”