Causing great sadness or suffering.
tragic
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for tragic.
Editorial note
It would have been so easy to be talking/distracted for a minute and have a more tragic event.
Quick take
Causing great sadness or suffering.
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of tragic gathered in one view.
Relating to tragedy in a literary work.
(Australia, colloquial) An obsessive fan, a superfan
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for tragic.
adjective
Causing great sadness or suffering.
adjective
Relating to tragedy in a literary work.
noun
(Australia, colloquial) An obsessive fan, a superfan
adjective
(in tabloid newspapers) Having been the victim of a tragedy.
Example sentences
It would have been so easy to be talking/distracted for a minute and have a more tragic event.
That's why it's tragic, horrible, and evil when someone is in such pain that they need to commit suicide.
No matter how much of an outlier each one of these cases is, this is fucking tragic.
Which of course made it all the more tragic when it was killed for the disaster that was Windows Phone.
It sounds like small failures from all involved resulted in a tragic outcome.
What I think is particularly tragic, is how specifically considerate and compassionate the average Japanese person is.
It's definitely tragic, and almost a comedy, if only I didn't know that there are some people who think that for real.
I was insinuating that airports in those countries might be tragic and dangerous.
It's obvious why Muslims would wish a standardized text, but from a secular perspective, this was no miracle, but a tragic loss of historical sources and artifacts.
The project currently costs about $225,000 to operate: > Cecil's apparently illegal death is tragic, but many people have asked us if any good can come of it...
Check the weightlifting forums for other tragic experiences.
> The Turkish newspaper Hürriyet reports a tragic consequence of the failure to localize cell phones.
Quote examples
Advocating for its removal for the sake of "online safety" is the textbook definition of "backfire" (and, I'd imagine, would count as tragic irony).
"the solar neighborhood within 33 light-years" How tragic, that even if humanity were to receive signal from another intelligent species, we couldn't even close to possibly reach them with current technology.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use tragic in a sentence?
It would have been so easy to be talking/distracted for a minute and have a more tragic event.
What does tragic mean?
Causing great sadness or suffering.
What part of speech is tragic?
tragic is commonly used as adjective, noun.