comedy drama

noun

: serious drama that has comic elements

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Goodrich—a new comedy drama starring Michael Keaton and Mila Kunis—is coming soon to digital streaming. Tim Lammers, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024 It’s been ten years since Kristen Wiig and Bill Hader starred in the comedy drama The Skeleton Twins, and what better way to celebrate than talking to them both. Anne Victoria Clark, Vulture, 28 Oct. 2024 Set in the ultra-Orthodox Jewish community in Jerusalem, the comedy drama starring Nur Fibak, follows a young modern woman’s journey to self-discovery and liberation. Annika Pham, Variety, 19 Oct. 2024 For Greta Gerwig’s comedy drama Lady Bird (2017), Feldstein and the cast were nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award for outstanding performance by a cast in a motion picture. Julie Tremaine, People.com, 19 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for comedy drama 

Word History

First Known Use

1838, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of comedy drama was in 1838

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“Comedy drama.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/comedy%20drama. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.

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