tragicomical

trag·i·com·e·dy  (trj-km-d)

n. pl. trag·i·com·e·dies

1. A drama combining elements of tragedy and comedy.

2. The genre made up of such works.

3. An incident or situation having both comic and tragic elements.

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[French tragicomédie, from Italian tragicommedia, from Late Latin tragicmoedia, short for Latin tragicocmoedia : tragicus, tragic; see tragic + cmoedia, comedy; see comedy.]

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tragi·comic (-kmk), tragi·comi·cal (--kl) adj.

tragi·comi·cal·ly adv.

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	tragicomical - manifesting both tragic and comic aspects; "the tragicomic disparity...between's man's aspirations and his accomplishments"- B.R.Redman tragicomic sad - experiencing or showing sorrow or unhappiness; "feeling sad because his dog had died"; "Better by far that you should forget and smile / Than that you should remember and be sad"- Christina Rossetti
	2.	tragicomical - having pathetic as well as ludicrous characteristics; "her life...presented itself to me as a tragicomical adventure"--Joseph Conrad tragicomic humorous, humourous - full of or characterized by humor; "humorous stories"; "humorous cartoons"; "in a humorous vein"