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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

  • (..) She's wasting you because she's really a competitor. Don't you agree? Me? Speak up, for Christ's sake! I'm asking if you think my friend is making a tragic mistake. Actually, I don't know the Fitzgeralds that well. You're a writer. You make observations. You were with them all night! (..)
    2011 Midnight in Paris