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DARK COMEDY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does dark comedy mean? 

DARK COMEDY (noun)
  The noun DARK COMEDY has 1 sense:

1. a comedy characterized by grim or satiric humor; a comedy having gloomy or disturbing elementsplay

  Familiarity information: DARK COMEDY used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


DARK COMEDY (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A comedy characterized by grim or satiric humor; a comedy having gloomy or disturbing elements

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("dark comedy" is a kind of...):

comedy (light and humorous drama with a happy ending)


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