tragic
Meanings
Plural: tragics
Adjective Satellite
- very sad; especially involving grief or death or destruction
- "a tragic face"
- "a tragic plight"
- "a tragic accident"
Adjective
- of or relating to or characteristic of tragedy
- "tragic hero"
Adj
- Causing great sadness or suffering.
- Relating to tragedy in a literary work.
- Having been the victim of a tragedy.
- Cringeworthy; tryhard; unhip; embarrassing; hopeless; indicative of (or having) a chronic lack of self-awareness.
Noun
- An obsessive fan, a superfan
- A writer of tragedy.
- A tragedy; a tragic drama.
Origin / Etymology
From Ancient Greek τραγικός (tragikós, “of or relating to tragedy”), from τράγος (trágos, “male goat”), a reference to the goat-satyrs of the theatrical plays of the Dorians.
Synonyms
atrabiliary, atrabilious, deplorable, depressing, distressing, grievous, lachrymable, lamentable, miserable, mournful, pathetic, pathetisad, pitiable, pitiful, pitisome, regrettable, rueful, sad, saddening, sorrowful, tragic, tragical, unhappy, upsetting, woebegone, woeful
Scrabble Score: 9
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