About The Word Tragic
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Tragic
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What's The Definition Of Tragic?
[adj] very sad; especially involving grief or death or destruction; "a tragic face"; "a tragic plight"; "a tragic accident"
[adj] (drama) of or relating to or characteristic of tragedy; "tragic hero" Synonyms | Synonyms for Tragic: sad | tragical Related Terms | Find terms related to Tragic: See Also | Tragic In Webster's Dictionary \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.
2. Fatal to life; mournful; terrible; calamitous; as, the
tragic scenes of the French revolution.
3. Mournful; expressive of tragedy, the loss of life, or of
sorrow.
Why look you still so stern and tragical ? --Shak.
-- {Trag"ic*al*ly}, adv. -- {Trag"ic*al*ness}, n.
\Trag"ic\, n. 1. A writer of tragedy. [Obs.] 2. A tragedy; a tragic drama. [Obs.] |
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