tragicomic
    adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of tragicomedy; "a
           playwright specializing in tragicomic drama"
    2: manifesting both tragic and comic aspects; "the tragicomic
       disparity...between's man's aspirations and his
       accomplishments"- B.R.Redman [syn: tragicomic,
       tragicomical]
    3: having pathetic as well as ludicrous characteristics; "her
       life...presented itself to me as a tragicomical adventure"--
       Joseph Conrad [syn: tragicomic, tragicomical]

Tragi-comic \Trag`i-com"ic\, Tragi-comical \Trag`i-com"ic*al\,
   a. [Cf. F. tragi-comique.]
   Of or pertaining to tragi-comedy; partaking of grave and
   comic scenes. -- Trag`-com"ic*al*ly, adv.
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         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.
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