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Of or pertaining to tragedy; of the nature or character of tragedy; as, a tragic poem; a tragic play or representation.

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  1. a. Of or pertaining to tragedy; of the nature or character of tragedy; as, a tragic poem; a tragic play or representation.
  2. a. Fatal to life; mournful; terrible; calamitous; as, the tragic scenes of the French revolution.
  3. a. Mournful; expressive of tragedy, the loss of life, or of sorrow.
  4. adj. very sad; especially involving grief or death or destruction
  5. 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.
  6. s very sad; especially involving grief or death or destruction