comedy
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1.3
- noun
- /ˈkɑːmədi/
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comedia
- The play is a delightful comedy that had everyone laughing until the end.
- situation comedy
- romantic comedy
- comedy and tragedy
Look, man, when I started in comedy, I did not see this.
- Look, man, when I started in comedy, I did not see this.
- So Fast Foodies is equal parts comedy, fun, creativity.
- And So what do you think about comedy as a healing force?
- When I was at Berkeley, I did some comedy writing in school.
- And this is the old comedy, not the new comedy.
- And the genius of comedy is that it knows that.
- And it's the road trip comedy kind of film that we love.
- It's a it's a romantic comedy, OK.
- the IT Crowd, Stewart Lee's comedy vehicle, The Thick of It.
- Star in a comedy or star in a drama?
- Like, I just don't think that you can judge comedy like you judge other stuff.
- And that's really like where like my fascination with comedy sort of sparked.
- I mean, never mind Trump comedy tapes are there.
Examples
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And the genius of comedy is that it knows that.
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We're kicking it off with another comedy legend, Carol Burnett.
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These are people who run a comedy theatre.
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I do think it won best comedy or musical.
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This past weekend, I had sets at the Comedy Store here in Los Angeles.
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We watched an old American comedy on television, side by side.
Fiction book (1998) -
And So what do you think about comedy as a healing force?
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I'd like to ask you about your stand up comedy experience.
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I've done quite a bit of light comedy in my younger years.
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You have the makings of a delightful human comedy here.
Synonyms
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5.3
A funny play with exaggerated, impossible situations and silly acting
7
3.0
A play or film with songs, dancing, and a light funny story
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5.3
Funny stories that use shocking or sad topics to make people laugh
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5.0
A stage show with singing and spoken lines that is funny and ends happily
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8.4
Funny plays or films that use clever, polite jokes to make fun of rich people's manners
A ballet that tells a funny story using dance
A comedy with silly impossible situations and loud physical jokes
Antonyms
Compounds
- Literature
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6.3
A play or film that makes serious subjects, especially taboo ones, seem funny
- Literature
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8.4
A long poem by Dante Alighieri about a soul's journey through Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise
- Literature
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8.4
Funny plays or films that use clever, polite jokes to make fun of rich people's manners
A light, elegant Italian film from the 1930s and 1940s about rich people's romantic and funny lives
How Funny
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word comedy comes from the Greek parts komos 'revel' and oide 'song', and it started as a kind of funny performance. The same root is in comic, so a comedy play is meant to amuse people and often ends happily.