tragic
Americanadjective
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characteristic or suggestive of tragedy.
tragic solemnity.
- Antonyms:
- comic
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extremely mournful, melancholy, or pathetic.
a tragic plight.
- Synonyms:
- pitiful
- Antonyms:
- comic
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dreadful, calamitous, disastrous, or fatal.
a tragic event.
- Antonyms:
- comic
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of, pertaining to, characterized by, or of the nature of tragedy.
the tragic drama.
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acting in or writing tragedy.
a tragic actor; a tragic poet.
noun
adjective
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of, relating to, or characteristic of tragedy
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mournful or pitiable
a tragic face
Other Word Forms
- hypertragic adjective
- hypertragical adjective
- hypertragically adverb
- nontragic adjective
- nontragical adjective
- nontragically adverb
- nontragicalness noun
- quasi-tragic adjective
- quasi-tragically adverb
- supertragic adjective
- supertragically adverb
- tragically adverb
- tragicalness noun
- untragic adjective
- untragical adjective
- untragically adverb
- untragicalness noun
Etymology
Origin of tragic
First recorded in 1535–45; from Latin tragicus, from Greek tragikós “of tragedy,” from trág(os) “goat” + -ikos -ic; tragedy ( def. )
Example Sentences
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He called it “the most tragic day in the history of the Aleutian Lady on the Bering Sea.”
From Los Angeles Times
She called the Minneapolis deaths “tragic situations,” and said the phrase “domestic terrorists” was based on early information she received from the agents from the city.
From Los Angeles Times
Facebook posts announcing the tragic events received more than 12,000 comments.
From Los Angeles Times
Then Grandma knocked on my door and suggested I log out or something tragic might happen to the router.
From Literature
In installments, its author, Harriet Beecher Stowe, poured forth the tragic tale of the life of Uncle Tom, a fictional, enslaved Black man.
From Literature
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