tragic : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: tragic	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for tragic
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
tragic adj very sad; especially involving grief or death or destruction; "a tragic face"; "a tragic plight"; "a tragic accident" Synonym(s): tragic, tragical of or relating to or characteristic of tragedy; "tragic hero"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tragic \Trag"ic\, n. 1. A writer of tragedy. [Obs.] 2. A tragedy; a tragic drama. [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tragic \Trag"ic\, Tragical \Trag"ical\, a. [L. tragicus, Gr.[?]: cf. F. tragique.] 1. Of or pertaining to tragedy; of the nature or character of tragedy; as, a tragic* poem; a tragic play or representation. 2. Fatal to life; mournful; terrible; calamitous; as, the tragic scenes of the French revolution. 3. Mournful; expressive of tragedy, the loss of life, or of sorrow. Why look you still so stern and tragical ? --Shak. -- {Trag"ically}, adv. -- {Trag"icalness}, n.