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tragic

Definition

  • adjective: causing strong feelings of sadness usually because someone has died in a way that seems very shocking, unfair, etc.
  • adjective: of, marked by, or expressive of 'tragedy'
  • sometimes used in an exaggerated way to describe something that is very bad, unfortunate, etc.
  • synonyms: mournful, terrible, calamitous

Examples

  • Pride was his 'tragic flaw'. [=a bad quality that causes someone to fail, die, etc.]

  • We saw a 'tragic' play about a man with AIDS.

  • They both died in a 'tragic' car accident.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) l have to be in New York on Thursday. Oh, stop showing off. God, that's an enormous ass. - l'm not listening. - But seriously, it's not fair. So many tragic young teenagers with anorexia... and that girl has an ass she could perfectly well share around... with at least ten other women (..)
    1999 Notting Hill