black humour

1. 1.

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

   Synonymsblack humor

   Broaderexpressive style

   drama

Questions about black humour

What does black humour mean?

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

What is another word for black humour?

Close synonyms include black humor. 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 humour a common word?

black humour 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.