comedy drama
noun
: serious drama that has comic elements
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web The Informant, Polish crime drama The Thaw and Romanian comedy drama Ruxx. 
Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 July 2022 The Polish comedy drama potrays the generation of today’s 40-year-olds from the perspective of a woman who is in need of profound changes in her life. Leo Barraclough, Variety, 2 July 2022 It’s a risqué comedy drama based on the memoirs of real-life 19th-century British courtesan Harriette Wilson. San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 May 2022 Most recently, Amy stopped by Good Morning America to discuss her new Hulu comedy drama Life & Beth. Katherine Tinsley, Good Housekeeping, 27 Mar. 2022 The romantic comedy drama about female friendship provides an unflinching account of surviving your 20s. Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 15 Mar. 2022 The next year, in 2014, Sofia got her start with a guest role in the FX comedy drama Louie. Katherine Tinsley, Good Housekeeping, 20 Feb. 2022 Donald Glover's award-winning comedy drama series Atlanta will end after season 4, FX chairman John Landgraf announced Thursday at the virtual Television Critics Association's winter press tour. Jessica Wang, EW.com, 17 Feb. 2022 After premiering in the virtual Sundance festival, Brit comedy drama Good Luck to You, Leo Grande from director Sophie Hyde comes to Berlin for its first in-person public screening. Alex Ritman, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Feb. 2022 See More
Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 July 2022 The Polish comedy drama potrays the generation of today’s 40-year-olds from the perspective of a woman who is in need of profound changes in her life. Leo Barraclough, Variety, 2 July 2022 It’s a risqué comedy drama based on the memoirs of real-life 19th-century British courtesan Harriette Wilson. San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 May 2022 Most recently, Amy stopped by Good Morning America to discuss her new Hulu comedy drama Life & Beth. Katherine Tinsley, Good Housekeeping, 27 Mar. 2022 The romantic comedy drama about female friendship provides an unflinching account of surviving your 20s. Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 15 Mar. 2022 The next year, in 2014, Sofia got her start with a guest role in the FX comedy drama Louie. Katherine Tinsley, Good Housekeeping, 20 Feb. 2022 Donald Glover's award-winning comedy drama series Atlanta will end after season 4, FX chairman John Landgraf announced Thursday at the virtual Television Critics Association's winter press tour. Jessica Wang, EW.com, 17 Feb. 2022 After premiering in the virtual Sundance festival, Brit comedy drama Good Luck to You, Leo Grande from director Sophie Hyde comes to Berlin for its first in-person public screening. Alex Ritman, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Feb. 2022 See More Word History
First Known Use
1838, in the meaning defined above
comedy drama
noun
as in musical comedy
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- musical comedy
- musical
- comedy
- melodrama
- tragicomedy
- psychodrama
- tragedy
- magnum opus
- playlet
- dramedy
- monodrama
- docudrama
- interlude
- opus
- drama
- adaptation
- dramatization
- work
- play