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tragic
[ traj-ik ]
/ ĖtrƦdŹ ÉŖk /
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adjective
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.
noun
the tragic, the element or quality of tragedy in literature, art, drama, etc.: lives that had never known anything but the tragic.
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Sometimes tragĀ·iĀ·cal (for defs. 1-3) .
Origin of tragic
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tragacanth, tragedian, tragedienne, tragedize, tragedy, tragic, tragic flaw, tragic hero, tragic irony, tragicomedy, tragion
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British Dictionary definitions for tragic
tragic
less commonly tragical (ĖtrƦdŹÉŖkÉl)
/ (ĖtrƦdŹÉŖk) /
adjective
of, relating to, or characteristic of tragedy
mournful or pitiablea tragic face
Derived forms of tragic
tragically, adverbCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition
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