(adj) manifesting both tragic and comic aspects; - B.R.Redman, Syn. tragicomical, Example:the tragicomic disparity...between's man's aspirations and his accomplishments
(adj) having pathetic as well as ludicrous characteristics; --Joseph Conrad, Syn. tragicomical, Example:her life...presented itself to me as a tragicomical adventure
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53 Collaborative International Dictionary (GCIDE)
{ } a. [ L. tragicus, Gr.&unr_;: cf. F. tragique. ] 1. Of or pertaining to tragedy; of the nature or character of tragedy; as, a tragic poem; a tragic play or representation. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. Fatal to life; mournful; terrible; calamitous; as, the tragic scenes of the French revolution. [ 1913 Webster ]
3. Mournful; expressive of tragedy, the loss of life, or of sorrow. [ 1913 Webster ]
Why look you still so stern and tragical ? Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
-- Trag"ic*al*ly, adv. -- Trag"ic*al*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]