Tragic
11tragic — [[t]træ̱ʤɪk[/t]] 1) ADJ GRADED A tragic event or situation is extremely sad, usually because it involves death or suffering. It was just a tragic accident. ...the tragic loss of so many lives... The circumstances are tragic but we have to act… …
12tragic — adjective 1 a tragic event or situation makes you feel very sad: Lillian Board s death at 22 was a tragic loss for the world of British athletics. 2 (only before noun) connected with tragedy in books or plays: a great tragic actor | tragic hero ( …
13tragic — tra|gic [ˈtrædʒık] adj [Date: 1500 1600; : Latin; Origin: tragicus, from Greek tragikos, from tragoidia; TRAGEDY] 1.) a tragic event or situation makes you feel very sad, especially because it involves death or suffering →↑comic ▪ The parents… …
14tragic — /ˈtrædʒɪk / (say trajik) adjective Also, tragical. 1. characteristic or suggestive of tragedy: tragic solemnity. 2. mournful, melancholy, or pathetic in the extreme: a tragic expression. 3. dreadful, calamitous, or fatal: a tragic death. 4.… …
15tragic — adj. 1 (also tragical) sad; calamitous; greatly distressing (a tragic tale). 2 of, or in the style of, tragedy (tragic drama; a tragic actor). Phrases and idioms: tragic irony a device, orig. in Greek tragedy, by which words carry a tragic, esp.… …
16tragic */*/ — UK [ˈtrædʒɪk] / US adjective 1) a) causing or involving great sadness, because someone suffers or dies War is a tragic waste of human life. a tragic death/accident: The couple never got over the tragic death of their son. b) British informal very …
17tragic — also tragical adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Latin tragicus, from Greek tragikos, irregular from tragōidia tragedy Date: 15th century 1. of, marked by, or expressive of tragedy < the tragic significance of the atomic bomb H. S. Truman… …
18tragic — adj. VERBS ▪ be, seem ADVERB ▪ particularly, really, terribly, truly, very ▪ a genuine …
19tragic — trag|ic [ trædʒık ] adjective ** 1. ) causing or involving great sadness, because someone suffers or dies: War is a tragic waste of human life. a tragic death/accident: The couple never got over the tragic death of their son. 2. ) relating to… …
20tragic — adjective 1) a tragic accident Syn: disastrous, calamitous, catastrophic, cataclysmic, devastating, terrible, dreadful, awful, appalling, dismal, horrendous; fatal, deadly, mortal, lethal Ant …
