romantic comedy
noun
plural romantic comedies
: a light, comic movie or other work whose plot focuses on the development of a romantic relationship
This brings us to romantic comedies. … They make money, spawn franchises, and are popular in books, movies, and on television. Sexual tension is fun to watch, and we like rooting for a will-they-won't-they couple.—
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also
: this style or genre of work
an actor with a talent for romantic comedy
called also rom-com
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Lindsay Lohan is returning to Netflix this week with the new Christmas romantic comedy Our Little Secret.
—Tim Lammers, Forbes, 24 Nov. 2024
My whole romantic comedy career collapsed spectacularly in 2010, and then really there was nothing.
—Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 21 Nov. 2024
Bennett made her film debut in the 2007 romantic comedy Music and Lyrics opposite Hugh Grant and Drew Barrymore.
—Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 21 Nov. 2024
Pretty Little Liars alum Ian Harding and Broadway icon Kristin Chenoweth star alongside Lohan in the romantic comedy, in which two exes must spend Christmas together because their new partners are brother and sister.
—Matt Robison, Newsweek, 21 Nov. 2024
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Tim Lammers, Forbes, 24 Nov. 2024
My whole romantic comedy career collapsed spectacularly in 2010, and then really there was nothing.
—Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 21 Nov. 2024
Bennett made her film debut in the 2007 romantic comedy Music and Lyrics opposite Hugh Grant and Drew Barrymore.
—Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 21 Nov. 2024
Pretty Little Liars alum Ian Harding and Broadway icon Kristin Chenoweth star alongside Lohan in the romantic comedy, in which two exes must spend Christmas together because their new partners are brother and sister.
—Matt Robison, Newsweek, 21 Nov. 2024
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“Romantic comedy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/romantic%20comedy. Accessed 2 Dec. 2024.
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