tragic
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3.4
- adjective
- /ˈtrædʒɪk/
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trágico
- But we can't hide from the tragic realities of the world.
- a tragic event
- tragic consequences
- a tragic situation
But we can't hide from the tragic realities of the world.
- But we can't hide from the tragic realities of the world.
- Isn't it tragic? It's tragic. So where did they go wrong?
- And sometimes that has tragic results, Right.
- And this is what makes it so tragic for us as human beings.
- I, I really just think that last year was tragic for a lot of us.
- So that that makes it particularly tragic that he was killed.
- They also both have really tragic backstories, like the parents.
- To me such victims represent the most tragic element to large scale combat.
- The first one is a really tragic situation that occurred.
- We've all read about the tragic mass shooting in Atlanta this week.
- This is a story of a tragic rape and murder in Japan.
- It's relived over and over again, the tragic part of it, the harm, the hurt.
- I found myself finding beauty in the whole tragic situation.
- It was a, you know, terribly tragic set of circumstances.
- There was just a, a, a tragic perfect storm of events.
Examples
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To this day, she has trouble talking about that tragic episode with friends, much less a stranger.
Fiction book (1992) -
Her tragic story of loss and hardship moved everyone in the audience to tears.
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Every single one is a tragic loss to families and to friends.
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You were launch director on that tragic day.
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The first one is a really tragic situation that occurred.
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...after the tragic death of Detective Patrick Mulligan.
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As we gather here today still reeling from the tragic death of Carter Lamb.
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All of the victims of that tragic day were forevermore silenced.
Academic text (2011) -
The tragic accident left many families grieving their lost loved ones.
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The community mourned together after the tragic death of their beloved mayor.
Synonyms
842
1.0
Bad or unfortunate and likely to make people feel unhappy
73
4.2
Sad and hopeless, making things seem very bad
18
3.9
Feeling deep sadness because of a loss
14
3.6
Feeling very sad because of loss or disappointment
3
6.0
Feeling very sad and showing deep sorrow, like after bad news
1
9.9
Very sad and about death or great loss
1
9.9
Feeling or showing deep sadness because of a loss
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4.3
A very bad or shocking thing, often a poor story
Antonyms
Compounds
- Literature
1
7.8
A weak part of a main character that causes their ruin in a serious story
How Sad
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Tragic comes from old Greek parts tragos 'goat' and -oidē 'song'. Those 'goat songs' were serious, often sad plays, so tragic now describes events or things that cause great sadness or disaster.