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1 umorismo
m humo(u)r* * *umorismo s.m. humour: l'umorismo di Shaw, Shaw's humour; senso dell'umorismo, sense of humour; le sue osservazioni sono piene di umorismo, his remarks are full of humour; un racconto ricco di umorismo, a humorous story // fare dell'umorismo, to be humorous (o witty).* * *[umo'rizmo]sostantivo maschile humour BE, humor AE* * *umorismo/umo'rizmo/sostantivo m.humour BE, humor AE; umorismo macabro gallows humour; umorismo nero black humour; non avere senso dell'umorismo to have no sense of humour; prendere le cose con umorismo to see the humorous side of things; fare dell'umorismo to be humorous. -
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macabro agg. macabre, gruesome; morbid: una storia macabra, a gruesome story; avere il gusto del macabro, to have morbid tastes // danza macabra, Dance Macabre (o Dance of Death).* * *['makabro] macabro (-a)1. aggmacabre, gruesome2. sm* * *['makabro]aggettivo [spettacolo, danza] macabre* * *macabro/'makabro/[spettacolo, danza] macabre; umorismo macabro gallows humour. -
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gallows humour — noun Grim, sardonic humour • • • Main Entry: ↑gallows * * * gallows humour UK US noun [uncountable] humour about unpleasant or serious things such as death or disease Thesaurus: quality of being funny and funny situationssynonym * * * ˌgallows… … Useful english dictionary
gallows humour — If people try to make fun or laugh when things are very frightening, dangerous, life threatening or hopeless, it is gallows humour (or gallows humor ) … The small dictionary of idiomes
gallows humour — gallows .humour BrE gallows humor AmE n [U] humour which makes very unpleasant or dangerous things seem funny … Dictionary of contemporary English
gallows humour — ► NOUN ▪ grim and ironical humour in a desperate or hopeless situation … English terms dictionary
gallows humour — British & Australian, American & Australian humour that makes unpleasant things, such as death, seem funny. Many of the patients I worked with knew they were dying. There was a lot of gallows humour … New idioms dictionary
gallows humour — BrE gallows humor AmE noun (U) humour which makes very unpleasant or dangerous things seem funny … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
gallows humour — /gæloʊz ˈhjumə/ (say galohz hyoohmuh) noun macabre, ironic humour. Also, gallows humor …
gallows humour — noun grim and ironical humour in a desperate or hopeless situation … English new terms dictionary
gallows humour — UK / US noun [uncountable] humour about unpleasant or serious things such as death or disease … English dictionary
Gallows humor — (Galgenhumor in German), derives from gallows which is a platform with a noose used to execute people by hanging. Gallows humor is the type of humor that still manages to be funny in the face of, and in response to, a perfectly hopeless situation … Wikipedia
gallows — has been treated since the 16c as a singular noun, with a (rarely used) plural gallowses. Gallows humour means ‘grim and ironical humour’ … Modern English usage
