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TRAGEDY
tragedy
(noun) drama in which the protagonist is overcome by some superior force or circumstance; excites terror or pity
calamity, catastrophe, disaster, tragedy, cataclysm
(noun) an event resulting in great loss and misfortune; “the whole city was affected by the irremediable calamity”; “the earthquake was a disaster”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
tragedy (countable and uncountable, plural tragedies)
A drama or similar work, in which the main character is brought to ruin or otherwise suffers the extreme consequences of some tragic flaw or weakness of character.
Antonym: comedy
The genre of such works, and the art of producing them.
Antonym: comedy
A disastrous event, especially one involving great loss of life or injury.
Anagrams
• gyrated
Source: Wiktionary
Trag"e*dy, n.; pl. Tragedies. Etym: [OE.tragedie, OF.tragedie, F. tragédie, L. tragoedia, Gr. trout) + Ode.]
1. A dramatic poem, composed in elevated style, representing a signal action performed by some person or persons, and having a fatal issue; that species of drama which represents the sad or terrible phases of character and life. Tragedy is to say a certain storie, As olde bookes maken us memorie, Of him that stood in great prosperitee And is yfallen out of high degree Into misery and endeth wretchedly. Chaucer. All our tragedies are of kings and princes. Jer. Taylor. tragedy is poetry in its deepest earnest; comedy is poetry in unlimited jest. Coleridge.
2. A fatal and mournful event; any event in which human lives are lost by human violence, more especially by unauthorized violence.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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