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tragic
has definitions from the field of theater
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[ adjective ] very sad; especially involving grief or death or destruction
Synonyms Examples "a tragic face" "a tragic plight" "a tragic accident" Used in print ("Editorials"...)In_a_sense , the showdown promised by Mr._Hammarskjold 's sudden and tragic death has been avoided ; no precedents have been set as_yet ; structurally , the U.N. is still fluid , vulnerable to the pressures that its new and enlarged membership are bringing_to_bear upon it . (Whit Masterson, Evil Come, Evil Go....)What remained lacked the original verve but it was at_least dignified , as befitting the tragic circumstances . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] (drama) of or relating to or characteristic of tragedy
Examples "tragic hero" Used in print (William G. Pollard, Physicist and Christian....)The tragic irony of the play is that the very belief in and concern with a devil who could be met in the woods and combatted with formulae set_out in books was the very thing that prevented them from detecting the real devil when he came among them . (Hampton Stone, The Man Who Looked Death...)`` The world is full of blokes who put their hearts into making the tragic scene . |
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