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Trag·ic n.
1. A writer of tragedy. [Obs.]
2. A tragedy; a tragic drama. [Obs.]
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Trag·ic Trag·ic·al a.
1. Of or pertaining to tragedy; of the nature or character of tragedy; as, a tragic poem; a tragic play or representation.
2. Fatal to life; mournful; terrible; calamitous; as, the tragic scenes of the French revolution.
3. Mournful; expressive of tragedy, the loss of life, or of sorrow.
Why look you still so stern and tragical ? --Shak.
-- Trag*ic*al*ly, adv. -- Trag*ic*al*ness, n.
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tragic
adj 1: very sad; especially involving grief or death or
destruction; "a tragic face"; "a tragic plight"; "a
tragic accident" [syn: tragical]
2: of or relating to or characteristic of tragedy; "tragic
hero"