tragic
characteristic or suggestive of tragedy: tragic solemnity.
extremely mournful, melancholy, or pathetic: a tragic plight.
dreadful, calamitous, disastrous, or fatal: a tragic event.
of, pertaining to, characterized by, or of the nature of tragedy: the tragic drama.
acting in or writing tragedy: a tragic actor; a tragic poet.
the tragic, the element or quality of tragedy in literature, art, drama, etc.: lives that had never known anything but the tragic.
Origin of tragic
1- Sometimes trag·i·cal (for defs. 1-3) .
Other words for tragic
2 | distressing, pitiful |
Opposites for tragic
Other words from tragic
- trag·i·cal·ly, adverb
- trag·i·cal·ness, noun
- hy·per·trag·ic, adjective
- hy·per·trag·i·cal, adjective
- hy·per·trag·i·cal·ly, adverb
- non·trag·ic, adjective
- non·trag·i·cal, adjective
- non·trag·i·cal·ly, adverb
- non·trag·i·cal·ness, noun
- quasi-tragic, adjective
- qua·si-trag·i·cal·ly, adverb
- su·per·trag·ic, adjective
- su·per·trag·i·cal·ly, adverb
- un·trag·ic, adjective
- un·trag·i·cal, adjective
- un·trag·i·cal·ly, adverb
- un·trag·i·cal·ness, noun
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How to use tragic in a sentence
Otis, who tells me he was called “Saladin” on the inside, has taken an almost tragically circuitous route in getting here.
His First Day Out Of Jail After 40 Years: Adjusting To Life Outside | Justin Rohrlich | January 3, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTTragically, Cary did not live to complete the second volume, and in 2000 I began work in earnest on this book.
Her abusive husband tormented their toddler to drive Walters crazy without lifting a finger—and it tragically worked.
Truly, and tragically, this not-so-secret war between Russia and Ukraine is getting crazier all the time.
Russia Lies About Invading Ukraine as It Invades Ukraine | Anna Nemtsova | August 28, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTTragically, she developed severe postpartum depression, crippling her with near-psychotic ruminations, anger, and guilt.
The women especially looked tragically at their neighbours with very wide-open eyes.
Hilda | Sarah Jeanette DuncanOf course the youngster would protest wildly at this, and so not infrequently the demonstration would end tragically.
Love's Pilgrimage | Upton SinclairWith sputter and crackle a blaze started, showing Wilson standing tragically, his arms out, facing the black shadows.
The Man of the Forest | Zane GreyTo Mrs. Germain it was all preposterous; if she had owned the humorous sense it would have been tragically absurd.
Rest Harrow | Maurice HewlettFor better or for worse, our destinies have been tragically intertwined,—how tragically, I alone know.
The Wasted Generation | Owen Johnson
British Dictionary definitions for tragic
less commonly tragical (ˈtrædʒɪkəl)
/ (ˈtrædʒɪk) /
of, relating to, or characteristic of tragedy
mournful or pitiable: a tragic face
Derived forms of tragic
- tragically, adverb
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