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sentimental comedy

sentimental comedy noun: an 18th-century dramatic genre in which middle-class protagonists triumphantly overcome a series of moral trials.

Noun

sentimental comedy (countable and uncountable, plural sentimental comedies)

  1. (uncountable) An 18th-century dramatic genre in which middle-class protagonists triumphantly overcome a series of moral trials.
  2. (countable) A work in this genre.

Forms of sentimental comedy

pluralsentimental comedies

Questions about sentimental comedy

What does sentimental comedy mean?
Sentimental comedy means an 18th-century dramatic genre in which middle-class protagonists triumphantly overcome a series of moral trials.
What part of speech is sentimental comedy?
Sentimental comedy is a noun.
What is the plural of sentimental comedy?
The plural of sentimental comedy is sentimental comedies.

Words near sentimental comedy in the dictionary

  1. sentiment analyses
  2. sentiment analysis
  3. sentiment du fer
  4. sentimental
  5. sentimental comedies
  6. sentimental comedy
  7. sentimental value
  8. sentimental values
  9. sentimentalisation
  10. sentimentalisations
  11. sentimentalise

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