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

  • (..) to that wonder which is a human being. ...an ever-changing challenge of love and hope, loneliness and despair. General Hospital on ABC. Doctors and nurses with first names and last names, and tragedies of their own. - Oh, I'm so sorry. - Excuse me. Oh, sorry. Thank you. Hi! Do you live here too? (..)
    2014 Annabelle