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TRAGICAL
tragic, tragical
(adjective) very sad; especially involving grief or death or destruction; “a tragic face”; “a tragic plight”; “a tragic accident”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Adjective
tragical (comparative more tragical, superlative most tragical)
(archaic) tragic
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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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