The pirates threatened to kill Captain Phillips if attacked, and the result was tragicomic: the world’s most powerful navy vs. a lifeboat.
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Tragicomic
//ˌtɹædʒɪˈkɒmɪk//
Synonyms for "tragicomic" (14 found)
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Adjective(2 words)
Related words (7)
Adjective(1 words)
Adjective(1 words)
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3 entriesTranslations
21 translations across 18 languages.
Armenian
1 entries- ողբերգակատակերգական adj (related to tragicomedy)
Catalan
1 entries- tragicòmic adj (related to tragicomedy)
Danish
1 entries- tragikomisk adj (related to tragicomedy)
Dutch
1 entries- tragikomisch adj (related to tragicomedy)
Estonian
2 entries- halenaljakas adj (related to tragicomedy)
- kurbnaljakas adj (related to tragicomedy)
Finnish
1 entries- surkuhupaisa adj (related to tragicomedy)
French
1 entries- tragicomique adj (related to tragicomedy)
Galician
1 entries- traxicómico adj (related to tragicomedy)
German
1 entries- tragikomisch adj (related to tragicomedy)
Italian
1 entries- tragicomico adj (related to tragicomedy)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- tragikomisk adj (related to tragicomedy)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- tragikomisk adj (related to tragicomedy)
Polish
1 entries- tragikomiczny adj (related to tragicomedy)
Portuguese
1 entries- tragicômico adj (related to tragicomedy)
Russian
2 entries- трагикоми́ческий adj (related to tragicomedy)
- трагикоми́чный adj (related to tragicomedy)
Spanish
1 entries- tragicómico adj (related to tragicomedy)
Swedish
2 entries- sorglustig adj (related to tragicomedy)
- tragikomisk adj (related to tragicomedy)
Ukrainian
1 entries- трагікомі́чний adj (related to tragicomedy)
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