Meaning | light and humorous drama with a happy ending. |
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Narrower | black comedy | comedy that uses black humor |
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commedia dell'arte | Italian comedy of the 16th to 18th centuries improvised from standardized situations and stock characters |
dark comedy | A comedy characterized by grim or satiric humor |
farce, farce comedy, travesty | A comedy characterized by broad satire and improbable situations |
high comedy | A sophisticated comedy |
low comedy | A comedy characterized by slapstick and burlesque |
melodrama | An extravagant comedy in which action is more salient than characterization |
seriocomedy, tragicomedy | A comedy with serious elements or overtones |
situation comedy, sitcom | A humorous drama based on situations that might arise in day-to-day life |
slapstick | A boisterous comedy with chases and collisions and practical jokes |
Broader | drama | The literary genre of works intended for the theater |
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Opposite | tragedy | drama in which the protagonist is overcome by some superior force or circumstance |
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Spanish | comedia |
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Catalan | comedia, comèdia |
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Adjectives | comic | of or relating to or characteristic of comedy |
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comical | arousing or provoking laughter |