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tragic

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trag·ic  (trjk)
adj.
1. Relating to or characteristic of dramatic tragedy or tragedies: tragic plays; the tragic hero.
2. Writing or performing in tragedy: a tragic poet.
3. Having the elements of tragedy; involving death, grief, or destruction: a tragic accident.

[Latin tragicus, from Greek tragikos, from tragos, goat.]

tragic [ˈtrædʒɪk] less commonly, tragical
adj
1. (Performing Arts / Theatre) of, relating to, or characteristic of tragedy
2. mournful or pitiable a tragic face
tragically  adv
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.tragictragic - very sad; especially involving grief or death or destruction; "a tragic face"; "a tragic plight"; "a tragic accident"
sad - experiencing or showing sorrow or unhappiness; "feeling sad because his dog had died"; "Better by far that you should forget and smile / Than that you should remember and be sad"- Christina Rossetti
2.tragictragic - of or relating to or characteristic of tragedy; "tragic hero"
drama - the literary genre of works intended for the theater

tragic
Translations
tragic [ˈtrædʒɪk] ADJ (gen) (Theat) → trágico

tragic [ˈtrædʒɪk] adj
[incident, event] → tragique
[play, hero] → tragique

tragic
adjtragisch; the tragic and the comic (Theat) → das Tragische und das Komische; tragic actorTragöde m; tragic actressTragödin f

tragic [ˈtrædʒɪk] adjtragico/a
tragic actor → attore m tragico
tragic [ˈtrædʒɪk] adjtragico/a
tragic actor → attore m tragico

tragic مأساوي tragický tragisk tragisch τραγικός trágico traaginen tragique tragičan tragico 悲惨な 비극적인 tragisch tragisk tragiczny trágico трагический tragisk น่าสลดใจ trajik bi thảm 悲剧的


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When a comic writer hath made his principal characters as happy as he can, or when a tragic writer hath brought them to the highest pitch of human misery, they both conclude their business to be done, and that their work is come to a period.
He who climbeth on the highest mountains, laugheth at all tragic plays and tragic realities.
Now as tragic imitation implies persons acting, it necessarily follows, in the first place, that Spectacular equipment will be a part of Tragedy.
 
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