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

  • (..) in the collections of eight different designers. And then it, uh, filtered down through the department stores... and then trickled on down into some tragic Casual Corner... and then trickled on down into some tragic Casual Corner... where you, no doubt, fished it out of some clearance bin. (..)
    2006 The Devil Wears Prada