komedie — meaning in English

English meaning

• comedy noun A form of entertainment, especially a play, film, or performance, meant to amuse and often ending happily.
• travesty noun A shocking, absurd distortion of something that should be fair or serious — a mockery of what it claims to represent.

Senses

komedie is used for these senses in English:

• comedy (countable, drama) a dramatic work that is light and humorous or satirical in tone
• travesty An absurd, grotesque, misrepresentative or grossly inferior likeness or imitation.

comedy — full definition

1. noun A form of entertainment, especially a play, film, or performance, meant to amuse and often ending happily.
2. noun The genre or art of humorous performance and writing in general.

travesty — full definition

1. noun A shocking, absurd distortion of something that should be fair or serious — a mockery of what it claims to represent.
2. verb To turn something into a ridiculous or grotesque imitation of itself; to mock by distorting.

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