tragedy

Definition

  • noun: a very bad event that causes great sadness and often involves someone's death
  • noun: a medieval narrative poem or tale typically describing the downfall of a great man
  • synonyms: drama, buskin

Examples

  • It is a 'tragedy' [='pity, shame'] that so many victims are afraid to report the abuse.

  • The biggest 'tragedy' here is that the accident could have easily been prevented.

  • The situation ended in 'tragedy' when the gunman shot and killed two students.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) But we gotta finish the job. Well, he's as good as dead out there anyway. And if he comes back, we'll kill him. Yeah! you hear that? If you ever come back, we'll kill ya! Mufasa's death was a terrible tragedy, but to lose Simba... who had barely begun to live... For me, it is a deep personal loss. And so it is with a heavy heart that I assume the throne. Yet, out of the ashes of this tragedy, we shall rise to greet the dawning of a new era in which lion and hyena come together, in a great and glorious future. Heeyyyaaaahh!! Get out! Get out! Get outta here!!! Whoo! Gets 'em every time. (..)
    1994 The Lion King