— tragically , adv. — tragicalness , n.
/traj"ik/ , adj.
1. characteristic or suggestive of tragedy: tragic solemnity.
2. extremely mournful, melancholy, or pathetic: a tragic plight.
3. dreadful, calamitous, disastrous, or fatal: a tragic event.
4. of, pertaining to, characterized by, or of the nature of tragedy: the tragic drama.
5. acting in or writing tragedy: a tragic actor; a tragic poet.
6. the tragic , the element or quality of tragedy in literature, art, drama, etc.: lives that had never known anything but the tragic.
Also, tragical .
[ 1535-45; tragicus tragikós of tragedy, equiv. to trág ( os ) goat + -ikos -IC ]
Syn. 2. distressing, pitiful.
Ant. 1-3. comic.