tragic
[adjective]
Synonyms: disastrous, appalling, calamitous, catastrophic, deadly, dire, dreadful, miserable, pathetic, sad, unfortunate

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tra‧gic /ˈtrædʒɪk/ adjective
[Date: 1500-1600; Language: Latin; Origin: tragicus, from Greek tragikos, from tragoidia; ⇒ tragedy]

1. a tragic event or situation makes you feel very sad, especially because it involves death or suffering ⇒ comic:
The parents were not to blame for the tragic death of their son.
Lillian Board’s death at 22 was a tragic loss for British athletics.

2. [only before noun] relating to tragedy in books or plays Antonym : comic:
a great tragic actor
tragic hero (=the main person in a tragedy)

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tragic
adj.
VERBS be, seem
ADV. genuinely, particularly, really, terribly, very a genuinely tragic figure in the play
almost | quite, rather a rather tragic story

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