tragedy
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3.0
- noun
- /ˈtrædʒədi/
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tragedia
- It would be a tragedy to see his talent go to waste.
- a terrible tragedy
- a personal tragedy
- a human tragedy
So the result is human tragedy on a vast scale.
- So the result is human tragedy on a vast scale.
- It is not Quentin's own tragedy at the moment.
- You know, we're constantly inundated with accounts of tragedy, sorrow and cruelty.
- I just hope my tragedy and Jimmy's death isn't in vain.
- And not just a tragedy, but several tragedies.
- So for him, for him, the biggest tragedy is not the loss of life.
- And the way we tend to handle, you know, tragedy or despair is isolation.
- I think life is a tragedy or a comedy.
- And that helped prevent what could have been an awful tragedy at that particular school.
- The first is this ultra race tragedy in China that happened.
- It's going to be just continued further tragedy for the coming decades.
- And like then you're not seeing the tragedy you're not seeing.
- A New Yorker who struggled with tragedy, trauma and mental illness.
- So, and, you know, that's the tragedy too, of what we're seeing now.
Examples
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It was, of course, a terrible tragedy for him and for my family.
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So the result is human tragedy on a vast scale.
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But it's not the same as the tragedy of losing love.
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So it's kind of a tragedy, but there are ways around it.
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So for him, for him, the biggest tragedy is not the loss of life.
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But I can think of no tragedy greater than not trying.
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But somebody should have seen that this was a tragedy waiting to happen and done something about it.
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This is Launch Complex 34, where the Apollo 1 tragedy occurred.
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And this is a tragedy of just enormous proportions.
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The earthquake resulted in a humanitarian tragedy that affected thousands of families.
Synonyms
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1.0
A sudden event that causes great damage, loss, or failure
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7.0
A sudden terrible event that causes great damage and suffering
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4.8
Great destruction that leaves places badly damaged, for example after a war or storm
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3.7
A bad event that causes trouble
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8.5
A sudden complete failure that causes public embarrassment or big loss
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6.7
A terrible event that causes much harm and suffering
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9.2
A sudden violent event that causes great destruction or change
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3.7
A situation that is a total failure causing big problems
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Etymology
Tragedy comes from old Greek words tragos and oide, which mean 'goat' and 'song' because early Greek plays often had goat songs or rituals. Those plays showed great suffering, so tragedy came to mean any terrible event that causes deep pain.