comic tale
Humorous narrative piece
A comic tale is a story designed primarily to amuse, featuring humorous situations, absurd characters, or witty dialogue.
The term suggests something lighter than comedy in the dramatic sense—more a yarn told for laughs than a structured narrative: He regaled us with comic tales of his misadventures abroad.
Comic tales often involve exaggeration, mishaps, or fools who get their comeuppance.
- funnyProvoking laughter or suspicion
- funny boneUlnar nerve area
- humorAmusing quality
- belly laughLoud, uncontrolled amusement
- jestHumorous remark or act
punch line · farce · satire · wit · punchline · running gag · laughter · absurd · parody · anecdote · yarn · romp · slapstick · gag · hijinks · buffoon · jester · whimsy
comic taletragedy
Disastrous or sorrowful event
tragic tale · tearjerker · sob story · tale of woe · tragic narrative
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