gallows humournoun [ U ]
UK US gallows humor uk/ˌɡæl.əʊz ˈhjuː.mər/us/ˌɡæl.oʊz ˈhjuː.mɚ/jokes or humorous remarks that are made about unpleasant or worrying subjects such as death and illness
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Humour & humorous
- a bundle of laughs idiom
- amusing
- blackly
- bring
- bundle
- crack
- don't make me laugh! idiom
- funny ha-ha or funny peculiar? idiom
- jocular
- jokester
- josh
- killing
- knock
- lambent
- laugh
- sarcasm
- tickle
- witty
- wordplay
- you've got to laugh idiom
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