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

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