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

  • (..) unlike the pompous styles of wartime. l'll make mincemeat of you! ''You'll reckon with me!'' Another sad page... in the tragedy of our men in Russia. The Defense Ministry... has released a new list of ltalian dead... until now considered missing. (..)
    1988 Cinema Paradiso