Tragic

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  • adjective. Relating to or characteristic of dramatic tragedy or tragedies.
  • adjective. Writing or performing in tragedy.
  • adjective. Having the elements of tragedy; involving death, grief, or destruction.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Pertaining or relating to tragedy; of the nature of tragedy: as, a tragic poem; the tragic drama.
  • Characteristic of tragedy.
  • Connected with or characterized by great calamity, cruelty, or bloodshed; mournful; dreadful; heart-rending.
  • Expressive of tragedy, death, or sorrow.
  • noun. A writer of tragedy; a tragedian.
  • noun. A tragedy; a tragic, drama.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Of or pertaining to tragedy; of the nature or character of tragedy.
  • adjective. Fatal to life; mournful; terrible; calamitous.
  • adjective. Mournful; expressive of tragedy, the loss of life, or of sorrow.
  • noun. A writer of tragedy.
  • noun. A tragedy; a tragic drama.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. Causing great sadness or suffering.
  • adjective. Relating to tragedy in a literary work.
  • adjective. Involved in a tragedy.
  • noun. A writer of tragedy.
  • noun. A tragedy; a tragic drama.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. very sad; especially involving grief or death or destruction
  • adjective. of or relating to or characteristic of tragedy
  • Word Usage
    "This organization epitomizes the term tragic-comedy for it ignores appalling human rights abuses in Sudan,"
    Antonyms
    Words with the opposite meaning
    comic  
    Equivalent
    sad  tragical  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Magic  magic  pelagic  
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