Tragic

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Relating to or characteristic of dramatic tragedy or tragedies: tragic plays; the tragic hero.
  • adj. Writing or performing in tragedy: a tragic poet.
  • adj. Having the elements of tragedy; involving death, grief, or destruction: a tragic accident.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Causing great sadness or suffering.
  • adj. Relating to tragedy in a literary work.
  • adj. Involved in a tragedy.
  • n. A writer of tragedy.
  • n. A tragedy; a tragic drama.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Of or pertaining to tragedy; of the nature or character of tragedy.
  • adj. Fatal to life; mournful; terrible; calamitous.
  • adj. Mournful; expressive of tragedy, the loss of life, or of sorrow.
  • n. A writer of tragedy.
  • n. A tragedy; a tragic drama.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Pertaining or relating to tragedy; of the nature of tragedy: as, a tragic poem; the tragic drama.
  • Characteristic of tragedy.
  • Connected with or characterized by great calamity, cruelty, or bloodshed; mournful; dreadful; heart-rending.
  • Expressive of tragedy, death, or sorrow.
  • n. A writer of tragedy; a tragedian.
  • n. A tragedy; a tragic, drama.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. very sad; especially involving grief or death or destruction
  • adj. of or relating to or characteristic of tragedy
  • Equivalent
    sad    tragical   
    Antonym
    comic   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    mournful    terrible    calamitous    tragedy    dramatic    cothurnal    thespian    buskined   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Magic    magic    pelagic   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    terrible    dramatic    pathetic    disastrous    poetic    startle    passionate    comic