tragic

English Thesaurus

1. very sad; especially involving grief or death or destruction (adj.all)

similar	:	sad,
definition	:	experiencing or showing sorrow or unhappiness (adj.all)

2. of or relating to or characteristic of tragedy (adj.pert)

domain category	:	drama,
definition	:	the literary genre of works intended for the theater (noun.communication)

3. very sad; especially involving grief or death or destruction (adj.all)

derivation	:	calamity, cataclysm, catastrophe, disaster, tragedy,
definition	:	an event resulting in great loss and misfortune (noun.event)

4. of or relating to or characteristic of tragedy (adj.pert)

pertainym	:	tragedy,
definition	:	drama in which the protagonist is overcome by some superior force or circumstance; excites terror or pity (noun.communication)

derivation	:	tragedy,
definition	:	drama in which the protagonist is overcome by some superior force or circumstance; excites terror or pity (noun.communication)

5. very sad; especially involving grief or death or destruction (adj.all)

derivation	:	calamity, cataclysm, catastrophe, disaster, tragedy,
definition	:	an event resulting in great loss and misfortune (noun.event)

6. of or relating to or characteristic of tragedy (adj.pert)

pertainym	:	tragedy,
definition	:	drama in which the protagonist is overcome by some superior force or circumstance; excites terror or pity (noun.communication)

derivation	:	tragedy,
definition	:	drama in which the protagonist is overcome by some superior force or circumstance; excites terror or pity (noun.communication)