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trag·ic

ˈtrajik/

adjective

adjective: tragic

1. 1.

   causing or characterized by extreme distress or sorrow.

   "the shooting was a tragic accident"

   synonyms:

   disastrous, calamitous, catastrophic, cataclysmic, devastating,terrible, dreadful, awful, appalling, dismal, horrendous; More

   antonyms:

   fortunate, lucky

   • suffering extreme distress or sorrow.

     "the tragic parents reached the end of their tether"

     synonyms:

     sad, unhappy, pathetic, moving, distressing, depressing, painful,harrowing, heart-rending, piteous, wretched, sorry; More

     antonyms:

     joyful, happy

   • informal

     very bad or inadeqate.

     "on the other hand, I like degenerate, tragic food"
2. 2.

   of or relating to tragedy in a literary work.

Origin

mid 16th cent.: from French tragique, via Latin from Greek tragikos, from tragos ‘goat,’ but associated with tragōidia (see tragedy).