tragical

  • 1tragical — index deplorable, dire, disastrous Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 2Tragical — 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;… …

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  • 3tragical — trag·i·cal (trăjʹĭ kəl) adj. Tragic: “You take too tragical a view of matters” (John Fowles). “He assumes a sudden look of tragical sobriety” (Scott Turow).   tragʹi·cal·ly adv. tragʹi·cal·ness n. * * * …

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  • 4tragical — adjective tragic No statesman who has the least conception of responsibility ought for a moment to permit himself to continue this tragical and appalling outpouring of blood and treasure …

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  • 5tragical — tragic ► ADJECTIVE 1) extremely distressing or sad. 2) suffering extreme distress or sadness. 3) relating to tragedy in a literary work. DERIVATIVES tragical adjective tragically adverb …

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  • 6tragical — adjective see tragic …

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  • 7tragical — adj. disastrous, calamitous, unfortunate, very sad; of or pertaining to a tragedy …

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  • 8tragical — a. See tragic …

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  • 9tragical — trag·i·cal …

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  • 10tragical — adjective very sad; especially involving grief or death or destruction a tragic face a tragic plight a tragic accident • Syn: ↑tragic • Similar to: ↑sad • Derivationall …

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