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Tragicomedy
//ˌtɹædʒɪˈkɒmədi//
Synonyms for "tragicomedy" (47 found)
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Related words (23)
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16 translations across 16 languages.
Armenian
1 entries- ողբերգակատակերգություն noun (drama that combines elements of tragedy and comedy)
Belarusian
1 entries- трагікаме́дыя noun (drama that combines elements of tragedy and comedy)
Catalan
1 entries- tragicomèdia noun (drama that combines elements of tragedy and comedy)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 悲喜劇 /悲喜剧 noun (drama that combines elements of tragedy and comedy)
Czech
1 entries- tragikomedie noun (drama that combines elements of tragedy and comedy)
Finnish
1 entries- tragikomedia noun (drama that combines elements of tragedy and comedy)
French
1 entries- tragicomédie noun (drama that combines elements of tragedy and comedy)
Galician
1 entries- traxicomedia noun (drama that combines elements of tragedy and comedy)
German
1 entries- Tragikomödie noun (drama that combines elements of tragedy and comedy)
Greek
1 entries- ιλαροτραγωδία noun (drama that combines elements of tragedy and comedy)
Macedonian
1 entries- трагикомедија noun (drama that combines elements of tragedy and comedy)
Polish
1 entries- tragikomedia noun (drama that combines elements of tragedy and comedy)
Russian
1 entries- трагикоме́дия noun (drama that combines elements of tragedy and comedy)
Spanish
1 entries- tragicomedia noun (drama that combines elements of tragedy and comedy)
Tagalog
1 entries- lunus-katawanan noun (drama that combines elements of tragedy and comedy)
Ukrainian
1 entries- трагікоме́дія noun (drama that combines elements of tragedy and comedy)
Sample sentences
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This matters because after the tragicomedies of Brexit and Grexit, the world has been enjoying the spectacle of “Orkxit”. This month it was suggested that the Orkney Islands might like to secede from Britain and become a self-governing territory of Norway.
Source: wiktionary
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