comedy that makes light of death or other very serious matters

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Definition of comedy that makes light of death or other very serious matters in English Turkish dictionary
gallows humor: korkunç şeyleri alaya alan mizah

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Definition of comedy that makes light of death or other very serious matters in English English dictionary: gallows humor
True enough, there are such things as laughless jokes, what Freud called gallows humor. . . . While we were being bombed in Dresden, sitting in a cellar with our arms over our heads in case the ceiling fell, one soldier said as though he were duchess in a mansion on a cold and rainy night, I wonder what the poor people are doing tonight..

comedy that makes light of death or other very serious matters

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co·me·dy that makes light of death or oth·er ve·ry se·ri·ous matters

kämıdi dhıt meyks layt ıv deth ır ʌdhır veri sîriıs mätırz

/ˈkämədē ᴛʜət ˈmāks ˈlīt əv ˈdeᴛʜ ər ˈəᴛʜər ˈverē ˈsərēəs ˈmatərz/ /ˈkɑːmədiː ðət ˈmeɪks ˈlaɪt əv ˈdɛθ ɜr ˈʌðɜr ˈvɛriː ˈsɪriːəs ˈmætɜrz/

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