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[ traj-ik ] / ˈtrædʒ ɪk / SEE SYNONYMS FOR tragic ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivecharacteristic 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. nounthe tragic, the element or quality of tragedy in literature, art, drama, etc.: lives that had never known anything but the tragic. Sometimes trag·i·cal (for defs. 1-3) . Origin of tragic1535–45; <Latin tragicus<Greek tragikós of tragedy, equivalent to trág(os) goat + -ikos-ic SYNONYMS FOR tragicSEE SYNONYMS FOR tragic ON THESAURUS.COM ANTONYMS FOR tragicSEE ANTONYMS FOR tragic ON THESAURUS.COM OTHER WORDS FROM tragictrag·i·cal·ly, adverbtrag·i·cal·ness, nounhy·per·trag·ic, adjectivehy·per·trag·i·cal, adjective hy·per·trag·i·cal·ly, adverbnon·trag·ic, adjectivenon·trag·i·cal, adjectivenon·trag·i·cal·ly, adverbnon·trag·i·cal·ness, nounquasi-tragic, adjectivequa·si-trag·i·cal·ly, adverbsu·per·trag·ic, adjectivesu·per·trag·i·cal·ly, adverbun·trag·ic, adjectiveun·trag·i·cal, adjectiveun·trag·i·cal·ly, adverbun·trag·i·cal·ness, noun Words nearby tragictragacanth, tragedian, tragedienne, tragedize, tragedy, tragic, tragic flaw, tragic hero, tragic irony, tragicomedy, tragion Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for tragicSign up now for the 2021 Othello tour, named after Shakespeare’s tragic Moorish general. 27 Epic Trips to Start Planning Now|The Editors|September 8, 2020|Outside Online When it was revealed that Lil Peep died from an overdose of fentanyl and Xanax, it was tragic, but not surprising. We Hear Dead People: Our Favorite Posthumous Hip-Hop Albums. Ever|Joshua Eferighe|August 31, 2020|Ozy One particular case, of course, is the tragic death of Xu YuYu, which I spoke about earlier. Podcast: Want consumer privacy? Try China|Michael Reilly|August 19, 2020|MIT Technology Review Losing access to that as a research community would be tragic. The human cost of a WeChat ban: severing a hundred million ties|Karen Hao|August 13, 2020|MIT Technology Review
It’s hard to think of it as being too tragic, in that sense. This Cosmologist Knows How It’s All Going to End|Dan Falk|June 22, 2020|Quanta Magazine Within minutes, it seems, of the disclosures of these tragic events, large numbers of people chose a side and stuck to it. In 2015, Let’s Try for More Compassion|Gene Robinson|January 4, 2015|DAILY BEAST Your death is a tragic bookend to a year touted as the “transgender tipping point.” Dear Leelah, We Will Fight On For You: A Letter to a Dead Trans Teen|Parker Molloy|January 1, 2015|DAILY BEAST Still, I worry that a simple traffic stop could have tragic consequences. What Would Happen if I Got in White Cop’s Face?|Goldie Taylor|December 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST There are plenty of tragic and inspiring choices, but the most obvious legacy Castro will leave behind is the broken family. The Life and Hard Times Of The Family A Cuban Defector Left Behind|Brin-Jonathan Butler|December 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST “This is tragic because nobody needs good policing more than poorer neighborhoods with higher crime rates,” Obama said. Darren Wilson Wasn’t Indicted—the System Was|Michael Daly|November 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST There is always more of rainbow than of storm in his skies; their darkest shadow is but a tragic twilight. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 4|Various Jarvis did not find the story a tragic one, but he listened with an interest that was all his own. But is it not known by those who look closely upon the world that there is nothing so tragic as the formal? Cumner & South Sea Folk, Complete|Gilbert Parker There is something so tragic in such a death—a man who had everything to live for! Dorothy and other Italian Stories|Constance Fenimore Woolson "And she has not forgotten," said Philter, with a tragic air. Mohawks, Volume 1 of 3|Mary Elizabeth Braddon
British Dictionary definitions for tragictragicless commonly tragical (ˈtrædʒɪkəl)
adjectiveof, relating to, or characteristic of tragedy mournful or pitiablea tragic face Derived forms of tragictragically, adverbCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to tragicsad, fateful, miserable, dreadful, deadly, calamitous, unfortunate, pitiful, fatal, harrowing, painful, grievous, pathetic, cataclysmic, disastrous, dire, awful, destructive, grim, terrible |