gallows humor

English - Turkish

Definition of gallows humor in English Turkish dictionary: korkunç şeyleri alaya alan mizah; kara mizah
gallows humour: kara mizah

English - English

Definition of gallows humor in English English dictionary: Comedy that makes light of death or other very serious matters
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..; morbid humor, black humor; Humorous treatment of a grave or dire situation: "conveying with gallows humor the utter insanity of the nuclear-arms race" (New York)
gallows humour: Alternative spelling of gallows humor
gallows humour: gallows humor humour which makes very unpleasant or dangerous things seem funny

gallows humor

Hyphenation

gal·lows hu·mor

gälōz hyumır

/ˈgalōz ˈhyo͞omər/ /ˈɡæloʊz ˈhjuːmɜr/

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