Trag·i-com·ic Trag·i-com·ic·al a. Of or pertaining to tragi-comedy; partaking of grave and comic scenes. -- Trag-com*ic*al*ly, adv.
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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tragicomical
adj 1: manifesting both tragic and comic aspects; "the tragicomic
disparity...between's man's aspirations and his
accomplishments"- B.R.Redman [syn: tragicomic]
2: having pathetic as well as ludicrous characteristics; "her
life...presented itself to me as a tragicomical
adventure"--Joseph Conrad [syn: tragicomic]