black humor

English

Alternative forms

• black humour

Noun

black humor (uncountable) (American spelling)

1. (uncountable) A subgenre of comedy and satire that deals with subjects that are believed to be serious or controversial, such as death, divorce, drug abuse, etc.

   Black humor is like food. Not everyone gets it.

Synonyms

• black comedy

Translations

subgenre of comedy

• Armenian: սեւ հումոր (hy) (sew humor)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 黑色幽默 (hēisè yōumò)

• Czech: černý humor (cs) m
• Danish: sort humor c
• Finnish: musta huumori
• French: humour noir (fr) m
• German: schwarzer Humor m
• Greek: μαύρο χιούμορ n (mávro chioúmor)
• Japanese: ブラックユーモア (burakkuyūmoa)
• Kazakh: қара әзіл (qara äzıl)
• Maori: pukuhohe mōkinokino
• Polish: czarny humor (pl) m
• Portuguese: humor negro (pt) m, humor ácido m
• Russian: чёрный ю́мор (ru) m (čórnyj júmor)
• Spanish: humor negro (es) m
• Swedish: svart humor c

See also

• comedy
• gallows humor
• humor
• tragicomedy