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COMEDY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A comic incident or series of incidents
Synonyms:
clowning; comedy; drollery; funniness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("comedy" is a kind of...):
fun; play; sport (verbal wit or mockery (often at another's expense but not to be taken seriously))
Derivation:
comic; comical (arousing or provoking laughter)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Light and humorous drama with a happy ending
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("comedy" is a kind of...):
drama (the literary genre of works intended for the theater)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "comedy"):
black comedy (comedy that uses black humor)
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; a comedy having gloomy or disturbing elements)
farce; farce comedy; travesty (a comedy characterized by broad satire and improbable situations)
high comedy (a sophisticated comedy; often satirizing genteel society)
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)
sitcom; situation comedy (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)
Antonym:
tragedy (drama in which the protagonist is overcome by some superior force or circumstance; excites terror or pity)
Derivation:
comic (of or relating to or characteristic of comedy)
comical (arousing or provoking laughter)
