English > drama: 4 senses > noun 3, communication| Meaning | The literary genre of works intended for the theater. |
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| Category of | black humor, black humour | The juxtaposition of morbid and farcical elements (in writing or drama) to give a disturbing effect |
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| comic | Of or relating to or characteristic of comedy |
| play, drama, dramatic play | A dramatic work intended for performance by actors on a stage |
| sympathetic, appealing, likeable, likable | (of characters in literature or drama) evoking empathic or sympathetic feelings |
| tragic | Of or relating to or characteristic of tragedy |
| tragicomic | Of or relating to or characteristic of tragicomedy |
| unsympathetic, unappealing, unlikeable, unlikable | (of characters in literature or drama) tending to evoke antipathetic feelings |
| warhorse | A work of art (composition or drama) that is part of the standard repertory but has become hackneyed from much repetition |
| Narrower | closet drama | drama more suitable for reading that for performing |
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| comedy | light and humorous drama with a happy ending |
| tragedy | drama in which the protagonist is overcome by some superior force or circumstance |
| Broader | writing style, literary genre, genre | A style of expressing yourself in writing |
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| Spanish | drama, dramática, dramaturgia |
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| Catalan | drama, dramàtica, dramatúrgia |
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| Adjectives | dramatic | pertaining to or characteristic of drama |
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| Nouns | dramatist | someone who writes plays |
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| Verbs | dramatize, dramatise | represent something in a dramatic manner |
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| dramatize, dramatise | put into dramatic form |
