Meanings
nounblack humour (uncountable)
- alternativeuncountableAlternative spelling of black humor.
Sometimes hurt people use black humour. It’s a dark or morbid humour, that makes light of a subject matter that is generally taboo.
2023, Elaine Feeney, How to Build a Boat, Vintage (2024), pages 80-81
Synonyms & antonyms
nounthe juxtaposition of morbid and farcical elements (in writing or drama) to give a disturbing effect
Similar
Broader
expressive stylestyle
Also see
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black humour. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/black%20humour
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