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.
Per other answers, tragicomic fits the bill - but its use is largely restricted to litcrit contexts.
In common parlance, pathos and the related pathetic are often used ironically, of something that in principle should arouse pity, but in fact is treated with wry humour. Not so common in speech is bathos, which often signifies a sudden transition from genuine pathos to ludicrous levity.
Perhaps the more common choice for what you're describing is ironic, but, admittedly, doesn't necessarily capture the presence of the two elements you cite. Nor does it seem likely that any one particular word has been established that's capable of accomplishing that feat. Is that what you're looking for or will a neologism do the trick?
Maybe Gallows Humor isn't a perfect fit, but in general the Doom & Gloom of the style of humor could be considered to be fairly synonymous with sadness, and of course humor is basically a perfect fit for the funny half of the equation.
Melancholy means for something to be both sad and happy at the same time. It has a nice, find feeling but still makes you sad
Since you're looking for a word describing one's state of mind and mood, and also conflicting emotions, perhaps, the word broody would help, as its first meaning is moody, meditative, introspective:
broody, adjective broodier, broodiest
moody; meditative; introspective
(of poultry) wishing to sit on or hatch eggs
(informal) (of a woman) wishing to have a baby of her own
satire:
satire ˈsaˌtī(ə)r/ noun The use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues.
Source: Oxford Dictionaries.
Synonyms:
mockery, ridicule, derision, scorn, caricature, irony, sarcasm
Source: Oxford Dictionaries.
That was what I was looking for when I came upon this thread.
