المفرح المبكي
English translation: Bittersweet/ tragicomedy
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|  Selected response from: Rasha Ellithy Türkiye Local time: 20:45 | ||||||
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| 5 | The tragic irony |
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| 3 +1 | Bittersweet/ tragicomedy |
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| 3 | Black comedy/ Black Humor/Dark comedy/Gallows humor |
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peer agreement (net): +1Bittersweet/ tragicomedy Explanation: https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/55839/word-for-s... There is also craugh which means to laugh and cry at the same time, but I think it doesn't fit here. http://wordcentral.com/byod/byod_browse.php?term=Cr&type=alp... |
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Black comedy/ Black Humor/Dark comedy/Gallows humor Explanation: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_comedy ************* والله أعلم |
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1 day 16 hrs confidence:
The tragic irony Explanation: see the following link for translation samples as a reference https://ar.glosbe.com/ar/en/المبكي Example sentence(s):
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