Term: black humor: the juxtaposition of morbid and farcical elements (in writing or drama) to give a disturbing effect
Candidate hypernym: expressive style: a way of expressing something (in language or art or music etc.) that is characteristic of a particular person or group of people or period → 1
Candidate hypernym: weekday: any day except Sunday (and sometimes except Saturday) → 0
Candidate hypernym: zabaglione: light foamy custard-like dessert served hot or chilled → 0
Candidate hypernym: the shits: obscene terms for diarrhea → 0
Candidate hypernym: athletic supporter: a support for the genitals worn by men engaging in strenuous exercise → 0
Candidate hypernym: opaque gem: a gemstone that is opaque → 0
Candidate hypernym: atrazine: a synthetic compound derived from triazine that is widely used as an agricultural herbicide → 0
Candidate hypernym: provision: a store or supply of something (especially of food or clothing or arms) → 0
Candidate hypernym: hydromancy: divination by water (as by patterns seen in the ebb and flow of the tides) → 0
Candidate hypernym: thief: a criminal who takes property belonging to someone else with the intention of keeping it or selling it → 0
Candidate hypernym: cold fish: an aloof unemotional person → 0