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tragic

[ traj-ik ]

adjective

  1. characteristic or suggestive of tragedy:

    tragic solemnity.

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  2. extremely mournful, melancholy, or pathetic:

    a tragic plight.

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  3. dreadful, calamitous, disastrous, or fatal:

    a tragic event.

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  4. of, pertaining to, characterized by, or of the nature of tragedy:

    the tragic drama.

  5. acting in or writing tragedy:

    a tragic actor; a tragic poet.



noun

  1. the tragic, the element or quality of tragedy in literature, art, drama, etc.:

    lives that had never known anything but the tragic.

tragic

/ ˈtrædʒɪk; ˈtrædʒɪkəl /

adjective

  1. of, relating to, or characteristic of tragedy
  2. mournful or pitiable

    a tragic face

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈٰ, adverb
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Other Word Forms

  • ٰi·· adverb
  • ٰi··Ա noun
  • p·ٰi adjective
  • p·ٰi· adjective
  • hyper·ٰi·· adverb
  • ԴDz·ٰi adjective
  • ԴDz·ٰi· adjective
  • non·ٰi·· adverb
  • non·ٰi··Ա noun
  • ܲȴ-ٰi adjective
  • quasi-ٰi·· adverb
  • p·ٰi adjective
  • super·ٰi·· adverb
  • ܲ·ٰi adjective
  • ܲ·ٰi· adjective
  • un·ٰi·· adverb
  • un·ٰi··Ա noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of tragic1

First recorded in 1535–45; from Latin tragicus, from Greek ٰó “of tragedy,” from ٰá(Dz) “goat” + -ikos -ic; tragedy ( def )
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The KRG said it acknowledged the "tragic loss of civilians resulting from military confrontation between the PKK and Turkish army in the region".

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Exhaustively researched, gorgeously crafted and presciently timed, “The Lilac People” exhumes a buried history that could leave us mourning our lost democracy if we don’t learn from, and act on, its tragic lessons.

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The Scottish government said every death in custody was tragic and said it would "carefully consider the findings of this sobering annual report".

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The details of the killing are tragic, but don't seem mysterious.

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"The often overused word tragic does not begin to reflect the awfulness of what happened on that day to Alex," the judge said.

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