The meaning of TRAGIC is regrettably serious or unpleasant : deplorable, lamentable.
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TRAGIC definition: 1.
very sad, often involving death and suffering: 2.
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Definition of tragic adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary.
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There are 12 meanings listed in OED's entry for the word tragic, two of which are labelled obsolete.
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extremely mournful, melancholy, or pathetic: a tragic plight.
dreadful, calamitous, disastrous, or fatal: a tragic event.
of, pertaining to, characterized by, or of the nature of tragedy: the tragic drama.
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dreadful, calamitous, disastrous, or fatal: a tragic event.
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extremely mournful, melancholy, or pathetic.
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pertaining to or characteristic of tragedy: a tragic actor; tragic solemnity.
Feb 21, 2026 · (informal, chiefly predicative) Cringeworthy; tryhard; unhip; embarrassing; hopeless; indicative of (or having) a chronic lack of self-awareness.
That dress is tragic.
He's pretty tragic these.
TRAGIC definition: characteristic or suggestive of tragedy.
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Tragic definition: Relating to or characteristic of dramatic tragedy or tragedies.
A tragic event or situation is extremely sad, usually because it involves death or suffering.
It was just a tragic accident.
.the tragic loss of so many lives.
The circumstances are tragic but we have to act.
