TRAGIC


Meaning of TRAGIC in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ trædʒɪk ]

1.

A tragic event or situation is extremely sad, usually because it involves death or suffering.

It was just a tragic accident...

The circumstances are tragic but we have to act within the law.

ADJ

• tragi‧cal‧ly

Tragically, she never saw the completed building because she died before it was finished...

ADV : ADV with cl , ADV with v , ADV adj / adv

2.

Tragic is used to refer to tragedy as a type of literature.

...Michael Henchard, the tragic hero of ‘The Mayor of Casterbridge’.

ADJ : ADJ n

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