Thesaurus: tragedy

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1. n. A dramatic poem, composed in elevated style, representing a signal action performed by some person or persons, and having a fatal issue; that species of drama which represents the sad or terrible phases of character and life.
2. n. A fatal and mournful event; any event in which human lives are lost by human violence, more especially by unauthorized violence.
3. n. an event resulting in great loss and misfortune
4. n. drama in which the protagonist is overcome by some superior force or circumstance; excites terror or pity
5. 1. A dramatic poem, composed in elevated style, representing a signal action performed by some person or persons, and having a fatal issue; that species of drama which represents the sad or terrible phases of character and life. Tragedy is to say a certain storie, As olde bookes maken us memorie, Of him that stood in great prosperitee And is yfallen out of high degree Into misery and endeth wretchedly. Chaucer. All our tragedies are of kings and princes. Jer. Taylor. tragedy is poetry in its deepest earnest; comedy is poetry in unlimited jest. Coleridge. 2. A fatal and mournful event; any event in which human lives are lost by human violence, more especially by unauthorized violence.
6. n:100 n. drama in which the protagonist is overcome by some superior force or circumstance; excites terror or pity