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Pronunciation:
[ tɹˈad͡ʒɪk], [ tɹˈadʒɪk], [ t_ɹ_ˈa_dʒ_ɪ_k]
Tragic is a word often used to describe something that is disastrous or sorrowful. However, there are many synonyms for this word that can be used in various contexts. One synonym for tragic is sad, which signifies a deep sadness or sorrow. Another synonym is pitiful, which suggests a feeling of sympathy towards someone or something that is unfortunate. Other synonyms for tragic include heartrending, grievous, calamitous, and catastrophic. Each of these words has a slightly different connotation that can be used to describe a situation that is tragic in its own way. By using more specific synonyms for tragic, writers and speakers can convey a deeper understanding of the situation they are describing.
Related words: hamlet, oedipus rex, julius caesar, king lear, romeo and juliet, don quixote
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Synonyms for Tragic:
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adj.
• adverse- adverse ,
- antipathetic ,
- burdensome ,
- calamitous ,
- catastrophic ,
- detrimental ,
- difficult ,
- distressful ,
- hard ,
- inauspicious ,
- opposing ,
- perilous ,
- troublesome ,
- unfavorable ,
- unfortunate ,
- unfriendly ,
- unpropitious ,
- untoward .
- Theatric ,
- artistic ,
- burlesque ,
- comical ,
- improvisational ,
- melodramatic ,
- mimed ,
- panoramic ,
- pantomimed ,
- suspenseful ,
- expressive ,
- sensational .
- beyond recall ,
- goner ,
- in despair ,
- irredeemable ,
- no-win ,
- past hope ,
- shot down ,
- unachievable ,
- unmitigable ,
- up the creek .
- ill fated ,
- ill starred ,
- illfated ,
- illstarred ,
- un favorable ,
- un fortunate ,
- un propitious ,
- un-favorable ,
- un-fortunate ,
- un-propitious .
- de pressed ,
- de stroyed ,
- de-pressed ,
- de-stroyed ,
- down out ,
- forgotten ,
- helpless ,
- in dumps ,
- in the dumps ,
- un happier ,
- un happiest ,
- un happy ,
- un-happy .
- dis quieting ,
- dis-quieting ,
- egregious ,
- heart rending ,
- more afflicting ,
- more heart rending ,
- more heart-rending ,
- more wounding ,
- most afflicting ,
- most heart rending ,
- most heart-rending ,
- most wounding ,
- up setting ,
- up-setting .
- Racked ,
- de testable ,
- de-testable ,
- dis contented ,
- dis tressed ,
- dis-contented ,
- dis-tressed ,
- down mouth ,
- down the mouth ,
- more agonized ,
- more anguished ,
- more racked ,
- more suffering ,
- more tormented ,
- more tortured ,
- most agonized ,
- most anguished ,
- most discontented ,
- most racked ,
- most suffering ,
- most tormented ,
- most tortured ,
- on downer ,
- pained ,
- poverty stricken ,
- povertystricken ,
- ruthful ,
- scurvier ,
- scurviest ,
- wounded .
- de pressing ,
- de-pressing ,
- dis composing ,
- dis heartening ,
- dis-composing ,
- dis-heartening ,
- more dejecting ,
- more discomposing ,
- more disheartening ,
- more saddening ,
- most dejecting ,
- most discomposing ,
- most disheartening ,
- most saddening ,
- tearful .
- hamer ,
- hamest ,
- hammier ,
- hammiest ,
- more amateur ,
- more operatic ,
- more staged ,
- more vaudeville ,
- most amateur ,
- most operatic ,
- most staged ,
- most vaudeville ,
- schmaltzy ,
- showest ,
- un-natural ,
- un-real .
Other synonyms:
- affecting ,
- cheerless ,
- depressing ,
- discouraging ,
- disheartening ,
- elegiac ,
- grim ,
- gut-wrenching ,
- lachrymose ,
- melting ,
- moody ,
- mournful ,
- piteous ,
- pitiable ,
- poignant ,
- sadly ,
- shattering ,
- soul-destroying ,
- theatrical ,
- unhappy ,
- upsetting .
- agonizing ,
- bittersweet ,
- dismal ,
- painful ,
- pathetic ,
- pitiful ,
- sentimental ,
- touching .
- dark .
Other relevant words:
- Desolating ,
- appalling ,
- awe-inspiring ,
- baleful ,
- crushing ,
- deadly ,
- deathly ,
- destructive ,
- dire ,
- dreadful ,
- fatal ,
- fateful ,
- hapless ,
- harrowing ,
- heart-rending ,
- heartbreaking ,
- ill-fated ,
- ill-starred ,
- lamentable ,
- ruinous ,
- shocking .
- Buskined ,
- Star-crossed ,
- Wreckful ,
- abridged ,
- affective ,
- anguished ,
- atrocious ,
- autobiographical ,
- awful ,
- badly ,
- baneful ,
- beastly ,
- biographical ,
- blue ,
- cataclysmal ,
- cataclysmic ,
- classic ,
- comic ,
- deplorable ,
- desolate ,
- desperate ,
- devastating ,
- distressing ,
- disturbing ,
- doleful ,
- dolorous ,
- drama ,
- emotional ,
- emotive ,
- epic ,
- excruciating ,
- farcical ,
- fictional ,
- fictitious ,
- filmic ,
- folklore ,
- forlorn ,
- funereal ,
- gloomy ,
- gory ,
- grave ,
- heart-breaking ,
- heartrending ,
- heavy ,
- hideous ,
- histrionic ,
- horrendous ,
- horrible ,
- horrid ,
- horrific ,
- horrifying ,
- ill-omened ,
- irremediable ,
- lugubrious ,
- melancholy ,
- morose ,
- moving ,
- operatic ,
- oppressive ,
- pernicious ,
- plaintive ,
- regrettable ,
- rotten ,
- sad ,
- saddening ,
- scenic ,
- serious ,
- sorrowful ,
- sorry ,
- stagy ,
- stirring ,
- tragedy ,
- tragical ,
- tragicomic ,
- troubling ,
- unspeakable ,
- wretched .
- Bummed ,
- bad break ,
- behind eight ball ,
- campier ,
- campiest ,
- campy ,
- disastrous ,
- down and out ,
- down in mouth ,
- down on luck ,
- dramatic ,
- god-awful ,
- grievous ,
- grody ,
- hammy ,
- hard luck ,
- in pain ,
- in the pits ,
- low-down ,
- lowdown ,
- miserable ,
- on a downer ,
- out of luck ,
- scurvy ,
- shuddersome ,
- tough luck ,
- unlucky ,
- woeful .
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How to use "Tragic" in context?
How can one person's tragedy be another person's happy ending? We may never know the answer to that question. But what we can learn from tragedy is that we must be mindful of the things that are important to us, and we must never lose sight of the people we love.
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Adjective
abominable, appalling, awful, bitter, calamitous, catastrophic, deadly, deplorable, depressing, devastating, dire, disastrous, dismal, distressing, disturbing, dramatic, drastic, dreadful, fateful, gloomy, grievous, grim, harrowing, horrendous, horrific, horrifying, lamentable, miserable, painful, pathetic, pitiful, poignant, regrettable, sad, saddening, severe, shocking, sorrowful, terrible, terrifying, traumatic, unfortunate.
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Tragedies.
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