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

  • (..) Many of your friends? Just about every family in the county. The Tarleton boys, Rhett, both of them. Yes, look at them. All these poor tragic people. The South's sinking to its knees. It'll never rise again. The cause.... The cause of living in the past is dying right in front of us. (..)
    1939 Gone with the Wind