tragic

[ traj-ik ]
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adjective
  1. characteristic or suggestive of tragedy: tragic solemnity.

  2. extremely mournful, melancholy, or pathetic: a tragic plight.

  1. dreadful, calamitous, disastrous, or fatal: a tragic event.

  2. of, pertaining to, characterized by, or of the nature of tragedy: the tragic drama.

  3. acting in or writing tragedy: a tragic actor; a tragic poet.

noun
  1. 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
First recorded in 1535–45; from Latin tragicus, from Greek tragikós “of tragedy,” from trág(os) “goat” + -ikos -ic;see tragedy
  • Sometimes trag·i·cal (for defs. 1-3) .

Other words for tragic

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

British Dictionary definitions for tragic

tragic

less commonly tragical (ˈtrædʒɪkəl)

/ (ˈtrædʒɪk) /


adjective
  1. of, relating to, or characteristic of tragedy

  2. mournful or pitiable: a tragic face

Derived forms of tragic

  • tragically, adverb

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