Usually means: Mistaken identities causing humorous chaos.
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  1. comedy of errors: Merriam-Webster
  2. comedy of errors: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. comedy of errors: Wiktionary
  4. comedy of errors, the comedy of errors: Dictionary.com
  5. Comedy of Errors (horse), Comedy of Errors, Comedy of errors (disambiguation), Comedy of errors, The Comedy of Errors (musical), The Comedy of Errors, The comedy of errors: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  6. comedy of errors: TheFreeDictionary.com
  7. comedy of errors: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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Definitions from Wiktionary (comedy of errors)

▸ noun:  (idiomatic) A set of amusing or farcical events involving a series of awkward missteps or other mistakes.

Similar:
goof-up, farce, goofing, fiasco, mess-up, thud and blunder, bad joke, blunderfest, blunder, gaffe, more...

Opposite:
tragedy, drama, serious play

Phrases:
The Comedy of Errors, more...

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Similar:
goof-up, farce, goofing, fiasco, mess-up, thud and blunder, bad joke, blunderfest, blunder, gaffe, more...

Opposite:
tragedy, drama, serious play

Phrases:
The Comedy of Errors, more...



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