Thesaurus: tragic

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1. a. Alt. of Tragical
2. n. A writer of tragedy.
3. n. A tragedy; a tragic drama.
4. adj. very sad; especially involving grief or death or destruction
5. adj. of or relating to or characteristic of tragedy
6. 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. 1. A writer of tragedy. [Obs.] 2. A tragedy; a tragic drama. [Obs.]
7. j:100 s. very sad; especially involving grief or death or destruction a. of or relating to or characteristic of tragedy