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

  • (..) He/she puts that in writing. With my mind concerned pré-nupcialmente, I became criminal with the books of the library. Therefore, now the tragic love histories of "Monte of the Gales" and of "Love Story", they will cost me plus than some tears. He/she does favor. (..)
    2008 Sex and the City
  • (..) Yes. Yes? Yes, I will marry you, Orson. Ian Hainsworth had been miserable ever since a tragic horseback riding accident had left his wife Jane in a coma. For the next three years, he shied away from all social contact, because he wanted to be (..)
    2006 TvShow: Desperate Housewives Title: Listen to the Rain on the Roof Season: 3 Episode 1
  • (..) I'm so sorry. Four years ago, the FedEx family lost five of our sons. That was a terrible and tragic day. But today, one of those sons, Chuck Noland, has been returned to us. Chuck, welcome home. (..)
    2000 Cast Away