tragic
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Collins Definition
Adjective
Causing or characterized by extreme distress or sorrow,
/ˈtrajik/,
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Causing or characterized by extreme distress or sorrow,
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Causing or characterized by extreme distress or sorrow
- - the shooting was a tragic accident
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Suffering extreme distress or sorrow
- - the tragic parents reached the end of their tether
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Of or relating to tragedy in a literary work
Web Definitions:
- very sad; especially involving grief or death or destruction; "a tragic face"; "a tragic plight"; "a tragic accident"
- of or relating to or characteristic of tragedy; "tragic hero"
- Tragedy (tragōidia, "he-goat-song"Middle English tragedie < Middle French tragedie < Latin tragoedia < , tragōidia; see "Tragedy", p. 1637 in E. Klein, A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the English Language, Volume II L-Z, Elsevier (1967). ...
- Causing great sadness or suffering; Relating to tragedy in a literary work
- (tragicness) The state or quality of being tragic
- Now being used in newspapers to whip up emotion about any public death.
- Very sad and upsetting.