LOW COMEDY

Meaning of LOW COMEDY in English

— low comedian .

comedy that depends on physical action, broadly humorous or farcical situations, and often bawdy or vulgar jokes. Cf. high comedy .

[ 1600-10 ]

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LOW COMEDY — noun Date: 1608 comedy employing burlesque, horseplay, or the representation of low life
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
LOW COMEDY — Date: 1608 : comedy employing burlesque, horseplay, or the representation of low life — compare high comedy
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
LOW COMEDY — Function: noun Date: 1608 : comedy employing burlesque, horseplay, or the representation of low life ― compare HIGH COMEDY
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
LOW COMEDY — ■ noun comedy bordering on farce.
Concise Oxford English vocab
LOW COMEDY — [low comedy] n (1608): comedy employing burlesque, horseplay, or the representation of low life--compare high comedy
Merriam-Webster English vocab
LOW COMEDY — dramatic or literary entertainment with no underlying purpose except to provoke laughter by boasting, boisterous jokes, drunkenness, scolding, fighting, buffoonery, …
Britannica English vocabulary
LOW COMEDY — (театроведение) низкая комедия (граничащая с фарсом или бурлеском)
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
LOW COMEDY — театр. низкая комедия ( граничащая с фарсом или бурлеском )
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LOW COMEDY — театр. низкая комедия ( граничащая с фарсом или бурлеском )
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LOW COMEDY — театр. низкая комедия ( граничащая с фарсом или бурлеском )
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LOW COMEDY — комедия
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LOW COMEDY — комедия
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LOW COMEDY — комедия, граничащая с фарсом
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LOW COMEDY — комедия, граничащая с фарсом
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LOW COMEDY — (театроведение) низкая комедия (граничащая с фарсом или бурлеском)
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
LOW — I. ˈlō noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English hlāw, hlǣw — more at law archaic : …
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
LOW — low 1 — lowish , adj. — lowness , n. /loh/ , adj., lower, lowest , adv., lower, lowest , …
Random House Webster's Unabridged 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
LOW — I. ˈlō intransitive verb Etymology: Middle English loowen, from Old English hlōwan; akin to Old High German hluoen to moo, …
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
LOW
Webster English vocab
LOW — [low] vi [ME loowen, fr. OE hlowan; akin to OHG hluoen to moo, L calare to call, summon, Gk kalein] …
Merriam-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
COMEDY — type of drama or other art form the chief object of which, according to modern notions, is to amuse. It …
Britannica English vocabulary
LOW — low, Low BrE AmE ləʊ AmE loʊ (= lo) ▷ lowed ləʊd AmE loʊd ▷ lower ˈləʊ ə AmE ˈloʊ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
LOW — / ləʊ; NAmE loʊ/ adjective , adverb , noun , verb ■ adjective ( lower , low·est ) NOT HIGH …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
COMEDY — / ˈkɒmədi; NAmE ˈkɑːm-/ noun ( pl. -ies ) 1. [ C , U ] a play or film / …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LOW — I. low 1 S1 W1 /ləʊ $ loʊ/ BrE AmE adjective ( comparative lower , superlative lowest ) [ Word …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
COMEDY — com ‧ e ‧ dy /ˈkɒmədi, ˈkɒmɪdi $ ˈkɑː-/ BrE AmE noun ( plural comedies ) [ Date: 1300-1400 ; …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
LOW — adj., n., & adv. --adj. 1 of less than average height; not high or tall or reaching far up (a …
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. …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
LOW — adj., n., & adv. adj. 1 of less than average height; not high or tall or reaching far up (a …
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. …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
LOW — 1. adj., n., & adv. --adj. 1. of less than average height; not high or tall or reaching far up …
Oxford English vocab
COMEDY — n. (pl. -ies) 1. a a play, film, etc., of an amusing or satirical character, usu. with a happy ending. …
Oxford English vocab
LOW — ( lower, lowest, lows) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. Something that …
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 …
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 …
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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
LOW — (SMALL IN AMOUNT) [adjective] -er, -est - small in size, number, value or amount, or of not good qualityTemperatures are …
Cambridge English vocab
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
LOW
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
COMEDY — Synonyms and related words : Atticism, Thalia, agile wit, arlequinade, black comedy, black humor, bladder, broad comedy, burlesque, burletta, camp, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
LOW — n. high and low lay low low cost low down low grade low key low keyed low pressure low priced …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
COMEDY — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ high , low ▪ film ( esp. BrE ), movie ( esp. AmE ), television , TV …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
LOW — See ↑ BRIGHT 4, ↑ LITTLE 1, ↑ LOW 1,2,3, ↑ QUIET 3, ↑ SMALL 3, ↑ VOICE 4 ◆◆◆ …
Longman Activator English vocab
LOW — INDEX: 1. not high or not far off the ground 2. a low sound/voice etc 3. a low temperature/level/rate/cost RELATED …
Longman Activator English vocab
COMEDY — See ↑ FILM/MOVIE 2, ↑ FUNNY 2,5 ◆◆◆ • ↑ romantic comedy
Longman Activator English vocab
LOW — n. 25B6; adjective a low fence : SHORT, small, little; squat, stubby, stunted, dwarf; shallow. she was wearing a low …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
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
COMEDY — театр "Комеди" (в Лондоне. Построен в 1881) полн. Comedy Theatre
Англо-Русский словарь Britain
LOW — adj. 1 short, squat, little, small, stubby, stumpy, stunted; low-lying The terrain has many low shrubs, not more than two …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
LOW — I 1. сущ. мычание, рев (быка, коровы и т. п.) Syn : moo, mumbling 2. гл. 1) а) мычать, реветь …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
COMEDY — сущ. 1) комедия (пьеса, фильм) musical comedy ≈ музыкальная комедия 2) комедия (литературный и театральный жанр) Ant : tragedy 3) …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
LOW — _I 1. ləʋ n 1. самый низкий уровень to reach a new low - снова /ещё больше/ упасть ( о …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
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
LOW — 1) малоэтажный 2) меженный 3) незначительный 4) низкий 5) низко- 6) низкорасположенный 7) низкорослый 8) пониженный 9) слабый • level of low waters — геол. горизонт меженных вод, горизонт низких …
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
LOW — low I 1. сущ.мычание, рев (быка, коровы и т. п.) Syn:moo, mumbling 2. гл.1) а) мычать, реветь (о домашнем скоте) …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
LOW — _I 1. ləʋ n 1. самый низкий уровень to reach a new low - снова /ещё больше/ упасть ( о …
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