'Tragic' definitions:
Definition of 'tragic'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Very sad; especially involving grief or death or destruction; "a tragic face"; "a tragic plight"; "a tragic accident" [syn: tragic, tragical]
adjective
Of or relating to or characteristic of tragedy; "tragic hero"
Definition of 'Tragic'
From: GCIDE
- Tragic \Trag"ic\, Tragical \Trag"ic*al\, a. [L. tragicus, Gr.?: cf. F. tragique.]
- 1. Of or pertaining to tragedy; of the nature or character of tragedy; as, a tragic poem; a tragic play or representation. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Fatal to life; mournful; terrible; calamitous; as, the tragic scenes of the French revolution. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Mournful; expressive of tragedy, the loss of life, or of sorrow. [1913 Webster]
- Why look you still so stern and tragical ? --Shak. [1913 Webster] -- {Trag"ic*al*ly}, adv. -- {Trag"ic*al*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Tragic'
From: GCIDE
- Tragic \Trag"ic\, n.
- 1. A writer of tragedy. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- 2. A tragedy; a tragic drama. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'tragic'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- appalling,
- atrocious,
- awful,
- baneful,
- beastly,
- black,
- buskined,
- calamitous,
- cataclysmal,
- cataclysmic,
- catastrophic,
- cheerless,
- cothurned,
- crushing,
- deplorable,
- depressing,
- destructive,
- dire,
- disastrous,
- dismal,
- distressing,
- disturbing,
- dolorous,
- dreadful,
- fatal,
- forlorn,
- funereal,
- grievous,
- grim,
- hapless,
- heavy,
- hideous,
- horrendous,
- horrible,
- horrid,
- horrific,
- horrifying,
- ill-fated,
- ill-omened,
- ill-starred,
- inauspicious,
- lachrymose,
- lamentable,
- lugubrious,
- melancholy,
- miserable,
- morose,
- mournful,
- piteous,
- pitiable,
- pitiful,
- rotten,
- ruinous,
- sad,
- shocking,
- star-crossed,
- terrible,
- unfortunate,
- unhappy,
- unlucky,
- unspeakable,
- upsetting,
- wreckful,
- wretched