Meanings
alternative black humour
- USuncountableA 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
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA subgenre of comedy and satire that deals with subjects that are believed to be serious or controversial, such as death, divorce, drug abuse, etc.
More synonyms by meaning
nounthe juxtaposition of morbid and farcical elements (in writing or drama) to give a disturbing effect
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 黑色幽默
- 黑色幽默 (hēisè yōumò)subgenre of comedy
Czech černý humor
- černý humorsubgenre of comedy
Danish sort humor
- sort humorsubgenre of comedy
Finnish musta huumori
- musta huumorisubgenre of comedy
French humour noir
- humour noirsubgenre of comedy
German schwarzer Humor
- schwarzer Humorsubgenre of comedy
Greek μαύρο χιούμορ
- μαύρο χιούμορ (mávro chioúmor)subgenre of comedy
Japanese ブラックユーモア
- ブラックユーモア (burakkuyūmoa)subgenre of comedy
Māori pukuhohe mōkinokino
- pukuhohe mōkinokinosubgenre of comedy
Polish czarny humor
- czarny humorsubgenre of comedy
Portuguese humor negro, humor ácido
- humor negrosubgenre of comedy
- humor ácidosubgenre of comedy
Russian чёрный ю́мор
- чёрный ю́мор (čórnyj júmor)subgenre of comedy
Spanish humor negro
- humor negrosubgenre of comedy
Swedish svart humor
- svart humorsubgenre of comedy
Turkish kara mizah
- kara mizahsubgenre of comedy
Cite this entry
black humor. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/black%20humor
“black humor.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/black%20humor. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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