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

  • (..) All because your ring fails you in your most desperate hour. Then I will remember to charge my ring often. But it is not your death that is the tragedy. It is beyond it. I have seen the future of the Green Lantern Corps. I have seen its destiny... ...should you care to hear it. (..)
    2011 Green Lantern: Emerald Knights