tragic

[tragĀ·ic]

Tragic means sad on a grand scale. Rain on your parade? Sad. Weeks of rain leading to the destruction of a small town and the lives of those in it? Tragic.

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A writer of tragedy.

Adjective S.
very sad; especially involving grief or death or destruction; "a tragic face"; "a tragic plight"; "a tragic accident"

Adjective
of or relating to or characteristic of tragedy; "tragic hero"


a.
Alt. of Tragical

n.
A writer of tragedy.

n.
A tragedy; a tragic drama.


Tragic

Trag"ic , n. 1. A writer of tragedy. [Obs.] 2. A tragedy; a tragic drama. [Obs.]

A writer of tragedy.

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Usage Examples

It is tragic that people who are incarcerated are unable to vote. They are probably the most important voices to listen to because they can tell us what we need to change.

I think there's something quite interesting about the almost tragic quality of a lot of overwrought prose, because it has a much more self-conscious awareness of its own failure to touch the real.

But when you lose a family member or something tragic happens, that stays with you forever. You never get over it. Knowing that you have to deal with that for the rest of your life... Football is important, but not as important as you once thought it was.

Even when a person has all of life's comforts - good food, good shelter, a companion - he or she can still become unhappy when encountering a tragic situation.

All the ills of mankind, all the tragic misfortunes that fill the history books, all the political blunders, all the failures of the great leaders have arisen merely from a lack of skill at dancing.

History is filled with tragic examples of wars that result from diplomatic impasse. Whether in our local communities or in international relations, the skillful use of our communicative capacities to negotiate and resolve differences is the first evidence of human wisdom.

After making several tragic movies in a row, I was looking to do a comedy, and one without cynicism.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

I am a happy person and I choose to be a positive person. I think some people think my life has been tragic and there have been these horrible dramas but things really have been, and are, fine.

If you have ever been in a real tragic or sad situation, the words that come out are hopelessly inadequate and kind of cliched.

If science fiction is the mythology of modern technology, then its myth is tragic.

I respond very well to well-written material and women who have had an effect on society, something tragic or monumental has happened to them.

Boxing has become America's tragic theater.

It is almost impossible to remember how tragic a place the world is when one is playing golf.

A tragic irony of life is that we so often achieve success or financial independence after the chief reason for which we sought it has passed away.

I don't mind a dirty girl. But what I find tragic is when we, as women, become not the subject of our own story but someone else's object.

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