tragic
/ˈtɹæd͡ʒɪk/
tragic adjective: causing great sadness or suffering.
Adjective
tragic (comparative more tragic, superlative most tragic)
- Causing great sadness or suffering.
- Her father's early death was tragic.
- Few concepts are as emotionally charged as that of race. The word conjures up a mixture of associations—culture, ethnicity, genetics, subjugation, exclusion and persecution. But is the tragic history of efforts to define groups of people by race really a matter of the misuse of science, the abuse...2012 March-April, Jan Sapp, “Race Finished”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 2, archived from the original on 05 Sep 2015, page 164
- Synonyms:
- pitiful, rueful, atrabiliary, atrabilious, deplorable, depressing, distressing, grievous, heartbreaking, heartrending
- Relating to tragedy in a literary work.
- Having been the victim of a tragedy.
- Cringeworthy; tryhard; unhip; embarrassing; hopeless; indicative of (or having) a chronic lack of self-awareness.
- That dress is tragic.
- He's pretty tragic these days, hanging out with people half his age.
Noun
tragic (plural tragics)
- An obsessive fan, a superfan
- Within the club itself, Crowe is regarded not only as a benefactor but as a fanatic -- a Rabbitohs tragic.2011 March 31, James Macsmith, “General Russell Crowe and his Rabbitoh minions”, in Travel, CNN
- I'm a fan of rugby league. I'm a tragic of rugby league.2013 March 13. Ricky Stuart, quoted in "Doping scandal is overwhelming league: Stuart"
- A writer of tragedy.
- A tragedy; a tragic drama.
tragic meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
tragic in Hindi
- causing great sadness
- त्रासदिक trāsdik, वियोगांत viyogānt, दुःखांत duḥkhānt, दुःखात्मक duḥkhātmak, दर्दनाक dardanāk, अंदोहनाक andohnāk
tragic in Tamil
- துயர் நிறைந்த, துக்ககரமான
tragic in Marathi
- शोकांतिकेची
tragic in Urdu
- اندوہناک, درد ناک
More languagesFewer languages
- tragic in Bengali
- মর্মান্তিক
- tragic in Malayalam
- ദുരന്തപൂർണ്ണമായ, കരുണരസപ്രധാനമായ, ദുഃഖപര്യവസായിയായ
- tragic in Kannada
- ರುದ್ರನಾಟಕದ, ರುದ್ರ ಶೈಲಿಯಲ್ಲಿರುವ, ದುಃಖಕರ, ದುರಂತ
- tragic in Tagalog
- matrahedya
- tragic in Arabic
- مَأْسَاوِيّ maʔsāwiyy, تْرَاجِيدِيّ trājīdiyy
- tragic in Malay
- tragik
- tragic in Indonesian
- tragis
- tragic in Thai
- น่าเศร้า
Examples of tragic in a sentence
- But is the tragic history of efforts to define groups of people by race really a matter of the misuse of science, the abuse of a valid biological concept?2012 March-April, Jan Sapp, “Race Finished”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 2, archived from the original on 05 Sep 2015, page...
- Damian was/is a football tragic, the rest of us just like it to varying degrees.2013 August 28, Kent Steedman, “The Knowledge: Rifled In”, in The Guardian:
Synonyms of tragic
- pitiful
- rueful
- atrabiliary
- atrabilious
- deplorable
- depressing
- distressing
- grievous
- heartbreaking
- heartrending
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Forms of tragic
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more tragic |
| superlative | most tragic |
| alternative form | tragick |
| Noun | |
| plural | tragics |
Origin of tragic
From Ancient Greek τραγικός (tragikós, “of or relating to tragedy”), from τράγος (trágos, “male goat”), a reference to the goat-satyrs of the theatrical plays of the Dorians.
Words formed from tragic
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Questions about tragic
- What does tragic mean?
- Tragic means causing great sadness or suffering.
- What is tragic in Hindi?
- Tragic in Hindi is त्रासदिक (trāsdik), वियोगांत (viyogānt), दुःखांत (duḥkhānt). See Tragic meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use tragic in a sentence?
- But is the tragic history of efforts to define groups of people by race really a matter of the misuse of science, the abuse of a valid biological concept?
- What part of speech is tragic?
- Tragic can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce tragic?
- Tragic is pronounced /ˈtɹæd͡ʒɪk/.
Words near tragic in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: tragic (page history and authors); tragic (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); tragic (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); tragic (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); tragic (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); tragic (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); tragic (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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