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
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.
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
23 February 2025
(noun) an advantageous purchase; “she got a bargain at the auction”; “the stock was a real buy at that price”
According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by AlcaldĂa Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de BolĂvar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.
