Tragic Definition

trăjĭk
adjective
Of, or having the nature of, tragedy.
Webster's New World
Like or characteristic of tragedy; bringing great harm, suffering, etc.; calamitous, disastrous, fatal, etc.
Webster's New World
Appropriate to the acting of tragedy.
In a tragic voice.
Webster's New World
Having the elements of tragedy; involving death, grief, or destruction.
A tragic accident.
American Heritage
Writing or acting in tragedy.
Webster's New World
noun
The tragic element in art or life.
Webster's New World

(obsolete) A writer of tragedy.

Wiktionary
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Other Word Forms of Tragic

Noun

Singular:
tragic
Plural:
tragics

Origin of Tragic

  • From Ancient Greek τραγικός (tragikos, “of or relating to tragedy"), from τράγος (tragos, “male goat"), a reference to the goat-satyrs of the theatrical plays of the Dorians.

    From Wiktionary

  • Latin tragicus from Greek tragikos from tragos goat

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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