• adjective:   having pathetic as well as ludicrous characteristics

  Example: "Her life...presented itself to me as a tragicomical adventure--Joseph Conrad"

• adjective:   manifesting both tragic and comic aspects

  Example: "The tragicomic disparity...between's man's aspirations and his accomplishments- B.R.Redman"

• adjective:   of or relating to or characteristic of tragicomedy

  Example: "A playwright specializing in tragicomic drama"

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