tragic
adjective /ˈtrædʒɪk/
/ˈtrædʒɪk/
- making you feel very sad, usually because somebody has died or suffered a lot
- He was killed in a tragic accident at the age of 24.
- Cuts in the health service could have tragic consequences for patients.
- It would be tragic if her talent remained unrecognized.
- a rather tragic story
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- seem
- particularly
- really
- terribly
- …
- [only before noun] connected with tragedy (= the style of literature)
- a tragic actor/hero
WordfinderTopics Literature and writingc1- comic
- far-fetched
- gripping
- historical
- mannered
- moving
- rambling
- readable
- story
- tragic
Word Originmid 16th cent.: from French tragique, via Latin from Greek tragikos, from tragos ‘goat’, but associated with tragōidia (see tragedy).