BLACK HUMOR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does black humor mean? 

• BLACK HUMOR (noun)
  The noun BLACK HUMOR has 1 sense:

1. the juxtaposition of morbid and farcical elements (in writing or drama) to give a disturbing effect

  Familiarity information: BLACK HUMOR used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BLACK HUMOR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The juxtaposition of morbid and farcical elements (in writing or drama) to give a disturbing effect

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

black humor; black humour

Hypernyms ("black humor" is a kind of...):

expressive style; style (a way of expressing something (in language or art or music etc.) that is characteristic of a particular person or group of people or period)

Domain category:

drama (the literary genre of works intended for the theater)