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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024trag•ic /ˈtrædʒɪk/USA pronunciation also ˈtrag•i•cal, adj. - dreadful, disastrous, or fatal:a tragic accident.
- Literatureof or relating to (a) tragedy:the tragic news of the assassination.
trag•i•cal•ly, adv. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024trag•ic (traj′ik),USA pronunciation adj. - 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.
Also, trag′i•cal.- Greek tragikós of tragedy, equivalent. to trág(os) goat + -ikos -ic
- Latin tragicus
- 1535–45
trag ′i•cal•ly, adv. trag ′i•cal•ness, n. - 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged distressing, pitiful.
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged –3.comic.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: tragic /ˈtrædʒɪk/, (less commonly)tragical /ˈtrædʒɪkəl/ adj - of, relating to, or characteristic of tragedy
- mournful or pitiable
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