Word for something sad and funny at the same time
What's a word for conflicting emotions that are felt at the same time? For example, loneliness, sadness, happiness, being content but also feeling as if something isn't right?
To sum up: What's a word for something that is sad and funny at the same time?
The word you want is tragicomedy (noun) or tragicomic (adjective).
I think bittersweet is the best word to describe this feeling.
both pleasant and painful or regretful: a bittersweet memory.
It's also less "modern" sounding than tragicomic and so would come across as more sincere.
I like the word "wry," although it has a large context.
A general word for having simultaneous, contradictory emotions is ambivalent.