tragic
IPA: trˈædʒɪk
noun
- (Australia, colloquial) An obsessive fan, a superfan
- (obsolete) A writer of tragedy.
- (obsolete) A tragedy; a tragic drama.
adjective
- Causing great sadness or suffering.
- Relating to tragedy in a literary work.
- (in tabloid newspapers) Having been the victim of a tragedy.
- (informal, chiefly predicative) Cringeworthy; tryhard; unhip; embarrassing; hopeless; indicative of (or having) a chronic lack of self-awareness.
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Examples of "tragic" in Sentences
- Tragically, the baby is stillborn.
- The story is quite sad and tragic.
- His tragic plots tend to the sentimental.
- You should not gawk at the tragic accident.
- The consequences of the rupture were tragic.
- It is tragic to see them connive each other.
- Daylight found a tragic scene in the grisly slot.
- I realize the tragic significance of the atomic bomb.
- Hu is filled with anguish by the tragic loss of Cheng.
- It was tragic to see the contumely break relationships.
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