dramedy

English

Etymology

Blend of drama +‎ comedy.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈdɹɑːmədi/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈdɹɑmədi/

• Audio (US):

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Noun

dramedy (countable and uncountable, plural dramedies)

1. (uncountable) A genre of film or television that lies somewhere between drama and comedy.
2. (countable) A film or television programme belonging to this genre.
   • 2019 December 13, Tracie Egan Morrissey, “The Year Women Got ‘Horny’”, in New York Times‎:

     ”Fleabag,” Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s critically acclaimed British dramedy, featured a young woman whose strongest character trait — being horny — was decidedly not male.

   • 2025 October 29, Alaina Demopoulos, “What’s with the sponcon slop in Nobody Wants This? Netflix, nobody wants this”, in The Guardian‎, →ISSN:

     Last year, the Daily Mail found that Emily in Paris, a bubblegum dramedy starring Lily Collins, plugged 37 brands throughout 10 episodes.

Synonyms

• (genre): comedy drama
• (film/TV programme): comedy drama

Translations

genre

Czech: dramatická komedie French: comédie dramatique (fr) f German: Comedydrama n, Comedy-Drama n, Dramedy f Italian: commedia drammatica f Polish: komediodramat (pl) m Portuguese: comédia dramática (pt) f Russian: драматическая комедия f (dramatíčeskaja komédija) Spanish: comedia dramática f, dramedia f Swedish: dramakomedi (sv) c

film/TV programme of this genre

French: comédie dramatique (fr) f German: Comedydrama n, Comedy-Drama n, Dramedy f Italian: commedia drammatica f Polish: komediodramat (pl) m Portuguese: comédia dramática (pt) f Spanish: comedia dramática f, dramedia f Swedish: dramakomedi (sv) c, dramedi c (rarely used)

See also

• seriocomic
• tragicomedy

Further reading

• dramedy on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Maddrey, maddery