Tragic

/ˈtɹæd͡ʒɪk/ · adjective

Meaning

Causing great sadness or suffering..

Definitions by Sense

1. Causing great sadness or suffering.
2. Relating to tragedy in a literary work.
3. (in tabloid newspapers) Having been the victim of a tragedy.
4. (informal, chiefly predicative) Cringeworthy; tryhard; unhip; embarrassing; hopeless; indicative of (or having) a chronic lack of self-awareness.
5. (Australia, colloquial) An obsessive fan, a superfan
6. (obsolete) A writer of tragedy.
7. (obsolete) A tragedy; a tragic drama.

Example Sentences

Her father's early death was tragic.

Few concepts are as emotionally charged as that of race. The word conjures up a mixture of associations—culture, ethnicity, genetics, subjugation, exclusion and persecution. But is the tragic history of efforts to define groups of people by race really a matter of the misuse of science, the abuse of a valid biological concept?

That dress is tragic.

He's pretty tragic these days, hanging out with people half his age.

I'm a fan of rugby league. I'm a tragic of rugby league.

2015 March 29. Jermaine, Wharf Hotel website WE DON'T LIKE FOOTBALL - WE LOVE IT! Footy's back and as I'm a footy tragic it means I'm one very happy man.

Within the club itself, Crowe is regarded not only as a benefactor but as a fanatic -- a Rabbitohs tragic.

Damian was/is a football tragic, the rest of us just like it to varying degrees.

Synonyms for tragic

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Word Forms

• more tragic
• most tragic
• tragick
• tragics

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