tragicomic : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: tragicomic	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for tragicomic
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
tragicomic adj of or relating to or characteristic of tragicomedy; "a playwright specializing in tragicomic drama" manifesting both tragic and comic aspects; "the tragicomic disparity...between's man's aspirations and his accomplishments"- B.R.Redman Synonym(s): tragicomic, tragicomical having pathetic as well as ludicrous characteristics; "her life...presented itself to me as a tragicomical adventure"-- Joseph Conrad Synonym(s): tragicomic, tragicomical
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tragi-comic \Trag`i-com"ic\, Tragi-comical \Trag`i-com"ical\, a. [Cf. F. tragi-comique.] Of or pertaining to tragi-comedy; partaking of grave and comic scenes. -- {Trag`-com"ical*ly}, adv. Julian felt toward him that tragi-comic sensation which makes us pity the object which excites it not the less that we are somewhat inclined to laugh amid our sympathy. --Sir W. Scott.