tragic
[ traj-ik ]
/ ˈtrædʒ ɪk /
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.
Sometimes
trag·i·cal
(for defs 1–3).
Origin of tragic
OTHER WORDS FROM tragic
Words nearby tragic
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 (ˈtrædʒɪkəl)
/ (ˈtrædʒɪk) /
adjective
of, relating to, or characteristic of tragedy
mournful or pitiable
a tragic face