Meaning of tragicomic

(adj) of or relating to or characteristic of tragicomedy; "a playwright specializing in tragicomic drama"

manifesting both tragic and comic aspects; "the tragicomic disparity...between's man's aspirations and his accomplishments"- B.R.Redman

having pathetic as well as ludicrous characteristics; "her life...presented itself to me as a tragicomical adventure"--Joseph Conrad