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tragicomic

adjective
  1. having pathetic as well as ludicrous characteristics
    “The politician's pandering was tragicomic at times.”
    tragicomical
  2. manifesting both tragic and comic aspects
    “Shakespeare's "The Tempest" is quite tragicomic if you ask me.”
    tragicomical
  3. of or relating to or characteristic of tragicomedy
    “a playwright specializing in tragicomic drama”