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black humor

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

How To Use black humor In A Sentence

  • I know that I have exaggerated or made hyperbolic the abuse in my family when talking about it tangentially, either out of black humor or bitterness.
  • Not to forget the cynism which comes along soft-footed and of course the black humor. Archive 2009-11-01
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  • In The Apple in the Dark, written in Chevy Chase, Maryland, just before she left her marriage, a black humor, conveyed through decrescendo and juxtaposition, is the offsetting fruit: The Brazilian Sphinx
  • Not to forget the cynism which comes along soft-footed and of course the black humor. Today in Fantasy: November 25, 2009
  • Both games are full of nasty, sadistic violence, leavened just enough by irony and black humor to be tolerable.
  • Black comedy aims at revealing the bitter and absurd reality in a tone of black humor.
  • What ensues is a battle of opinions, highly charged action and black humor.
  • It’s a black humor, but that desperate laughter and camaraderie is often what makes the jobs bearable and keeps us there, and I suppose that was something I wanted to both celebrate and lament. Catherine O'Flynn - An interview with author
  • By the time I finished grade school, my sense of dark, black humor had been honed to a fine point.
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