Comedy and Pathos

Opposite meaning words

Comedy noun - The amusing quality or element in something.

Usage example: I just don't see the comedy in someone flunking a driving test that they really needed to pass

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Pathos is an antonym for comedy.

Nearby Word: comedian

Pathos noun - A quality that arouses emotions (especially pity or sorrow).

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Comedy is an antonym for pathos.

Nearby Words: pathetic, pathetics

complete	complete comedy	complete pathos
great	great comedy	great pathos
dramatic	dramatic comedy	dramatic pathos
outright	outright comedy	outright pathos
Other adjectives: extra, hilarious, occasional, greek.

Can be played for either pathos or comedy.

Source: Clipped Wing Angel
The World's End somehow maintains equal parts hilarious comedy and serious drama all the way to the end when it adds tear-jerker pathos to the mix.

Source: First Law of Tragicomedies
Adam Westing: A very unusual case as it is played for pathos rather than comedy.

Source: Film / The Congress

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