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tragic
[ traj-ik ]
adjective
- characteristic or suggestive of tragedy:
tragic solemnity.
Antonyms:
- extremely mournful, melancholy, or pathetic:
a tragic plight.
Synonyms:
Antonyms:
- dreadful, calamitous, disastrous, or fatal:
a tragic event.
Antonyms:
- 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.
tragic
/ ˈtrædʒɪk; ˈtrædʒɪkəl /
adjective
- of, relating to, or characteristic of tragedy
- mournful or pitiable
a tragic face
Derived Forms
- ˈٰ, adverb
Other Word Forms
- ٰi·· adverb
- ٰi··Ա noun
- p·ٰi adjective
- p·ٰi· adjective
- hyper·ٰi·· adverb
- ԴDz·ٰi adjective
- ԴDz·ٰi· adjective
- non·ٰi·· adverb
- non·ٰi··Ա noun
- ܲȴ-ٰi adjective
- quasi-ٰi·· adverb
- p·ٰi adjective
- super·ٰi·· adverb
- ܲ·ٰi adjective
- ܲ·ٰi· adjective
- un·ٰi·· adverb
- un·ٰi··Ա noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of tragic1
Example Sentences
The KRG said it acknowledged the "tragic loss of civilians resulting from military confrontation between the PKK and Turkish army in the region".
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.
The Scottish government said every death in custody was tragic and said it would "carefully consider the findings of this sobering annual report".
The details of the killing are tragic, but don't seem mysterious.
"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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