A seriocomic novel. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Adjective : a seriocomic play. From Dictionary.com.
What Marshall is after is a kind of seriocomic panorama of working-class love and loneliness in the big city. From Wordnik.com. [Love Over Easy, Hold The Mayo] Reference
But when the movie takes us on its seriocomic tour of South-Central L.A. From Wordnik.com. [Shock To The System] Reference
Halla looked around the table with seriocomic intensity before turning back to them. From Wordnik.com. [Splinter Of The Mind's Eye]
Algren's life in Hollywood consisted of a brief seriocomic encounter with Otto Preminger. From Wordnik.com. [Nelson Algren: An Exchange] Reference
The seriocomic periodical Punch, I remember, made a happy use of it in the political cartoon. From Wordnik.com. [The War of the Worlds] Reference
"I humbly appeal to you all," said Bertram in seriocomic tone, "is my rotundity a mere bagatelle?". From Wordnik.com. [A Heart-Song of To-day] Reference
Chris Rock examines the cultural relationship between African Americans and their hair in this seriocomic documentary. From Wordnik.com. [This Week in DVD & Blu-ray: Law Abiding Citizen, Black Dynamite, Cabin Fever 2, and More | /Film] Reference
Ahead of me the maid had backed off and was peering into the cul-de-sac with a seriocomic expression of confusion and fright. From Wordnik.com. [Hoodwink]
And when he married Yoko Ono in 1969, they used their honeymoon to stage two seriocomic "Bed-Ins" to publicize the antiwar cause. From Wordnik.com. [Lennon the rebel, Bono the wonk] Reference
Thus she disposed of the statesman and his seriocomic morality. From Wordnik.com. [History of Woman Suffrage, Volume I] Reference
Paul Cotter's semiautobiographical seriocomic road movie, inspired by. From Wordnik.com. [Chicago Reader] Reference
He never assumed this seriocomic tone when alone with Mrs. Pontellier. From Wordnik.com. [The Awakening and Selected Short Stories] Reference
A grandly comic and at times bawdy work-a seriocomic parable about art and experience. From Wordnik.com. [AvaxHome RSS:] Reference
Stephen Adly Guirgis's seriocomic look at free will, destiny, forgiveness and redemption. From Wordnik.com. [BroadwayWorld.com Featured Content] Reference
Review in a Hurry: This seriocomic thriller from Guy Ritchie (aka Mr. Madonna) is more. From Wordnik.com. [Playback:stl Syndication] Reference
Review in a Hurry: This seriocomic thriller from Guy Ritchie (aka Mr. Madonna) is more ... '. From Wordnik.com. [Playback:stl Syndication] Reference
All of which feeds the incongruous, seriocomic effect the production appears to be going for. From Wordnik.com. [Baltimore City Paper] Reference
MRS BREEN: You were the lion of the night with your seriocomic recitation and you looked the part. From Wordnik.com. [Ulysses] Reference
The program ended with seriocomic remarks by Sher, on the challenges and rewards of running Intiman. From Wordnik.com. [The Seattle Times] Reference
Lou was outstanding as Claude in the wonderful seriocomic indie sleeper gem "Last Night at the Alamo" (1984). From Wordnik.com. [KXAN TV] Reference
Sunday Morning SEO: How to Find Good Long Tail Keywords (Part 1) seriocomic posted on March 22, 2009 at 4: 11 pm. From Wordnik.com. [The Blog Herald] Reference
His senior seriocomic monologue, "In Stitches," brought return audiences and won him a grant to continue work on stage. From Wordnik.com. [Sun Journal top news] Reference
And so in grim silence he prepared for his farewell appearance in that great seriocomic tragedy of life called "Making Good.". From Wordnik.com. [Garrison's Finish : a romance of the race course] Reference
As soon as I saw Tiretta, I began with a seriocomic air to reproach him for the dreadful crime he had committed on the body of. From Wordnik.com. [The memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt] Reference
The younger brother shrugged his shoulders and plunged his hands into his trousers-pockets with a gesture of seriocomic despair. From Wordnik.com. [Birds of Prey] Reference
A camp, recovering from one of these riotous revels, presents a seriocomic spectacle; black eyes, broken heads, lack-lustre visages. From Wordnik.com. [The adventures of Captain Bonneville] Reference
Let us now take a moment to mourn the passing of the seriocomic campaign stylings of Harold Ford, Jr., who almost wanted to sort of. From Wordnik.com. [The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com] Reference
Yes, there's Up. And Up.In The Air was seriocomic and adult. From Wordnik.com. [London Free Press] Reference
A seriocomic spectacle; black eyes, broken heads, lack-lustre visages. From Wordnik.com. [The Adventures of Captain Bonneville, U. S. A., in the Rocky Mountains and the Far West] Reference
Coen Brothers 'seriocomic look at a harried college professor (the extraordinary. From Wordnik.com. [AfterElton.com - Because visibility matters] Reference
RocknRolla "a cleverly constructed, sensationally stylish and often darkly hilarious seriocomic caper. From Wordnik.com. [GreenCine Daily] Reference
You do me proud, "said the jester, sidling towards him and bowing to the crowd with seriocomic gravity. From Wordnik.com. [Bricks without Straw A Novel] Reference
"Summer Song" as vocalized by Armstrong on the now out-of-print 1961 recording of Brubeck's seriocomic "jazz opera", "The Real. From Wordnik.com. [latimes.com - News] Reference
"Dora!" exclaimed Bryan, with a seriocomic smile. From Wordnik.com. [The Emigrants Of Ahadarra The Works of William Carleton, Volume Two] Reference
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