tragicomedies

plural of tragicomedy

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tragicomedies
Noun
  • Like the original, all three projects were half-hour comedies.
    Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 3 Nov. 2025
  • In a different era, advertisers would use their big budgets to procure similar stuff during primetime dramas and comedies.
    Brian Steinberg, Variety, 3 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • The performers in the touring casts of Broadway musicals often follow strikingly similar paths from high school to hit show — hours spent practicing show tunes with vocal coaches, years of dance classes, roles in a dozen amateur musical theater productions.
    Jed Gottlieb, Boston Herald, 21 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • With projects bracing for termination, mission teams broken apart and safety protocols weakened, the guardrails that once kept NASA from repeating its worst tragedies are being stripped away in real time.
    Josh Dinner, Space.com, 31 Oct. 2025
  • After a devastating series of tragedies gets her medical license revoked, Maggie is without purpose, but not without passion.
    Lizz Schumer, PEOPLE, 30 Oct. 2025
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“Tragicomedies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tragicomedies. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.

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