black humor

1. 1.

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

   Synonymsblack humour

   Broaderexpressive style

   drama

Questions about black humor

What does black humor mean?

black humor means "the juxtaposition of morbid and farcical elements (in writing or drama) to give a disturbing effect".

What is another word for black humor?

Close synonyms include black humour. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is black humor a common word?

black humor is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.