BLACK COMEDY

Meaning of BLACK COMEDY in English

noun

Etymology: translation of French comédie noire

: comedy that employs black humor ; also : a situation or a series of events that resembles black comedy

his odyssey from illness to diagnosis was a black comedy — Glenn Garelik

Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012

BLACK COMEDY — comedy that employs morbid, gloomy, grotesque, or calamitous situations in its plot. [ 1965-70 ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BLACK COMEDY — grim or grotesque satire
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
BLACK COMEDY — ˌblack ˈcomedy BrE AmE noun [uncountable and countable] a play, story etc that is funny, but also shows the unpleasant …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
BLACK COMEDY — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Alternatively the violation can be inverted; like a black comedy , or the assertion of …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
BLACK COMEDY — "черная комедия" (мрачная, пессимистическая пьеса-гротеск)
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
BLACK COMEDY — Чёрный юмор
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
BLACK COMEDY — «чёрная комедия» ( мрачная, пессимистическая пьеса-гротеск )
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
BLACK COMEDY — «чёрная комедия» ( мрачная, пессимистическая пьеса-гротеск )
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
BLACK COMEDY — «чёрная комедия» ( мрачная, пессимистическая пьеса-гротеск )
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
BLACK COMEDY — черная комедия
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BLACK COMEDY — черная комедия
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
BLACK COMEDY — "черная комедия" (мрачная, пессимистическая пьеса-гротеск)
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
COMEDY — I Genre of dramatic literature that deals with the light and amusing or with the serious and profound in a …
Английский словарь Британика
BLACK — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) black eyed pea black lead black legged kittiwake Black Aesthetic movement Black Arts movement …
Английский словарь Британика
BLACK — I. ˈblak adjective ( -er/-est ) Etymology: Middle English blak, from Old English blæc; akin to Old High German blah …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
COMEDY — ˈkämədē, -di noun ( -es ) Etymology: Middle English comedye, from Middle French comedie, from Latin comoedia, from Greek kōmōidia, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
COMEDY — — comedial /keuh mee"dee euhl/ , adj. /kom"i dee/ , n. , pl. comedies . 1. a play, movie, etc., …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BLACK — — blackish , adj. — blackishly , adv. — blackishness , n. /blak/ , adj., blacker, blackest , n., v., …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BLACK — I. ˈblak adjective Etymology: Middle English blak, from Old English blæc; akin to Old High German blah black, and probably …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
COMEDY — noun ( plural -dies ) Etymology: Middle English, from Medieval Latin comoedia, from Latin, drama with a happy ending, from …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
BLACK — noun a black pigment or dye. 2. black ·noun a stain; a spot; a smooch. 3. black ·noun a black …
Webster English vocab
COMEDY — [com.e.dy] n, pl -dies [ME, fr. MF comedie, fr. L comoedia, fr. Gk komoidia, fr. komos revel + aeidein to …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
BLACK — [black] adj [ME blak, fr. OE blaec; akin to OHG blah black, and prob. to L flagrare to burn, Gk …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
COMEDY — type of drama or other art form the chief object of which, according to modern notions, is to amuse. It …
Britannica English vocabulary
BLACK — black, Black BrE AmE blæk ▷ blacked blækt ▷ blacker ˈblæk ə AmE \ - ə r ▷ blackest ˈblæk …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
COMEDY — / ˈkɒmədi; NAmE ˈkɑːm-/ noun ( pl. -ies ) 1. [ C , U ] a play or film / …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BLACK — / blæk; NAmE / adjective , noun , verb ■ adjective ( black·er , black·est ) COLOUR 1. having the …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
COMEDY — com ‧ e ‧ dy /ˈkɒmədi, ˈkɒmɪdi $ ˈkɑː-/ BrE AmE noun ( plural comedies ) [ Date: 1300-1400 ; …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
BLACK — I. black 1 S1 W1 /blæk/ BrE AmE adjective ( comparative blacker , superlative blackest ) [ Language: Old English …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
COMEDY — n. (pl. -ies) 1 a a play, film, etc., of an amusing or satirical character, usu. with a happy ending. …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
BLACK — adj., n., & v. --adj. 1 very dark, having no colour from the absorption of all or nearly all incident …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
COMEDY — n. (pl. -ies) 1 a a play, film, etc., of an amusing or satirical character, usu. with a happy ending. …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
BLACK — adj., n., & v. adj. 1 very dark, having no colour from the absorption of all or nearly all incident …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
COMEDY — n. (pl. -ies) 1. a a play, film, etc., of an amusing or satirical character, usu. with a happy ending. …
Oxford English vocab
BLACK — adj., n., & v. --adj. 1. very dark, having no colour from the absorption of all or nearly all incident …
Oxford English vocab
COMEDY — ( comedies) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. Comedy consists of types …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BLACK — ( blacker, blackest, blacks, blacking, blacked) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
COMEDY — (comedies) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. Comedy consists of types of …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
COMEDY — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a comedy actor ▪ Jason was voted top TV comedy actor. a comedy/tragic drama (= …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
BLACK
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
COMEDY — [noun] [C] - a (type of) film, play or book which is intentionally amusing either in its characters or its …
Cambridge English vocab
COMEDY — n. musical comedy comedy of manners New Comedy situation comedy
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
COMEDY — n. Genre of dramatic literature that deals with the light and amusing or with the serious and profound in a …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
BLACK — n. black mica black eyed pea black lead black legged kittiwake Black Aesthetic movement Black Arts movement Black and Tan …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
COMEDY — Synonyms and related words : Atticism, Thalia, agile wit, arlequinade, black comedy, black humor, bladder, broad comedy, burlesque, burletta, camp, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
BLACK
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
COMEDY — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ high , low ▪ film ( esp. BrE ), movie ( esp. AmE ), television , TV …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
COMEDY — See ↑ FILM/MOVIE 2, ↑ FUNNY 2,5 ◆◆◆ • ↑ romantic comedy
Longman Activator English vocab
COMEDY — n. 25B6; noun he excels in comedy : LIGHT ENTERTAINMENT, comic play, comic film, farce, situation comedy, satire, pantomime, comic …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
BLACK — n. 25B6; adjective a black horse : DARK, pitch-black, jet-black, coal-black, inky; Heraldry sable; rare nigrescent. a black night : …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
COMEDY — театр "Комеди" (в Лондоне. Построен в 1881) полн. Comedy Theatre
Англо-Русский словарь Britain
BLACK — adj. 1 jet, jet-black, coal-black, inky, sooty, swart, swarthy, raven, ebony, dusky, Literary ebon, hyacinthine Her hair was as black …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
COMEDY — сущ. 1) комедия (пьеса, фильм) musical comedy ≈ музыкальная комедия 2) комедия (литературный и театральный жанр) Ant : tragedy 3) …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
BLACK
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
COMEDY — comedy.ogg ʹkɒmədı n 1. 1> комедия musical comedy - музыкальная комедия; мюзикл; оперетта comedy of cape /of cloak/ and sword …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
BLACK
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
BLACK — 1) чёрный 2) сажа, технический углерод 3) чёрная краска; чёрный пигмент 4) окрашивать в чёрный цвет 5) чернь 6) дёготь …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
BLACK — 1) чёрный 2) сажа, технический углерод 3) чёрная краска; чёрный пигмент 4) окрашивать в чёрный цвет 5) чернь 6) дёготь 7) полигр. марашка • black after white — …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО
BLACK — 1) черный 2) темный 3) чернокожий, негр 4) нелегальный, черный 5) сажа; копоть - furnace black - plumber's black - thermal black - white black 6) черный цвет; черная …
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
COMEDY — n 1. 1> комедия musical comedy - музыкальная комедия; мюзикл; оперетта comedy of cape /of cloak/ and sword - комедия …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
BLACK
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
COMEDY — сущ. 1) комедия ( пьеса, фильм ) musical comedy — музыкальная комедия 2) комедия ( литературный и театральный жанр ) …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
BLACK
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
COMEDY — сущ. 1) комедия (пьеса, фильм) musical comedy — музыкальная комедия 2) комедия (литературный и театральный жанр) Ant: tragedy 3) комизм, комичность the comedy of many life situations …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики

Webster's New International English Dictionary

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