TRAGIC

tragic, tragical

(adjective) very sad; especially involving grief or death or destruction; “a tragic face”; “a tragic plight”; “a tragic accident”

tragic

(adjective) of or relating to or characteristic of tragedy; “tragic hero”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

tragic (comparative more tragic, superlative most tragic)

Causing great sadness or suffering.

Relating to tragedy in a literary work.

(in tabloid newspapers) Having been the victim of a tragedy.

Noun

tragic (plural tragics)

(Australia, colloquial) An obsessive fan, a superfan

(obsolete) A writer of tragedy.

(obsolete) A tragedy; a tragic drama.

Source: Wiktionary


Trag"ic, Trag"ic*al, a. Etym: [L. tragicus, Gr.tragique.]

1. Of or pertaining to tragedy; of the nature or character of tragedy; as, a tragic poem; a tragic play or representation.

2. Fatal to life; mournful; terrible; calamitous; as, the tragic scenes of the French revolution.

3. Mournful; expressive of tragedy, the loss of life, or of sorrow. Why look you still so stern and tragical Shak.

– Trag"ic*al*ly, adv.

– Trag"ic*al*ness, n.

Trag"ic, n.

1. A writer of tragedy. [Obs.]

2. A tragedy; a tragic drama. [Obs.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

23 November 2024

THEORETICAL

(adjective) concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations; “theoretical science”


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