Tragic vs. Tragedy

Tragicadjective

Causing great sadness or suffering.

Tragicadjective

Relating to tragedy in a literary work.

Tragicadjective

(in tabloid newspapers) Having been the victim of a tragedy.

Tragicnoun

An obsessive fan, a superfan

Tragicnoun

(obsolete) A writer of tragedy.

Tragicnoun

(obsolete) A tragedy; a tragic drama.

Tragicadjective

Of or pertaining to tragedy; of the nature or character of tragedy; as, a tragic poem; a tragic play or representation.

Tragicadjective

Fatal to life; mournful; terrible; calamitous; as, the tragic scenes of the French revolution.

Tragicadjective

Mournful; expressive of tragedy, the loss of life, or of sorrow.

Tragicnoun

A writer of tragedy.

Tragicnoun

A tragedy; a tragic drama.

Tragicadjective

very sad; especially involving grief or death or destruction;

Tragicadjective

of or relating to or characteristic of tragedy;

Tragedynoun

A drama or similar work, in which the main character is brought to ruin or otherwise suffers the extreme consequences of some tragic flaw or weakness of character.

Tragedynoun

The genre of such works, and the art of producing them.

Tragedynoun

A disastrous event, especially one involving great loss of life or injury.

Tragedynoun

A dramatic poem, composed in elevated style, representing a signal action performed by some person or persons, and having a fatal issue; that species of drama which represents the sad or terrible phases of character and life.

Tragedynoun

A fatal and mournful event; any event in which human lives are lost by human violence, more especially by unauthorized violence.

Tragedynoun

an event resulting in great loss and misfortune;

Tragedynoun

drama in which the protagonist is overcome by some superior force or circumstance; excites terror or pity

Tragedy

Tragedy (from the Greek: τραγῳδία, tragōidia) is a genre of drama based on human suffering and, mainly, the terrible or sorrowful events that befall a main character. Traditionally, the intention of tragedy is to invoke an accompanying catharsis, or a , for the audience.