Definitions for tragic

tragic trag·ic

Spelling: [traj-ik]
IPA: /ˈtrædʒ ɪk/

Tragic is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 110 anagrams from letters in tragic (acgirt).

Definitions for tragic

noun

  1. the tragic, the element or quality of tragedy in literature, art, drama, etc.:

adjective

  1. characteristic or suggestive of tragedy:
  2. extremely mournful, melancholy, or pathetic:
  3. dreadful, calamitous, disastrous, or fatal:
  4. of, pertaining to, characterized by, or of the nature of tragedy:
  5. acting in or writing tragedy:

Origin of tragic

1535-45; Latin tragicus Greek tragikós of tragedy, equivalent to trág(os) goat + -ikos -ic

Examples for tragic

“This is tragic because nobody needs good policing more than poorer neighborhoods with higher crime rates,” Obama said.

Now he had a son, and the child's mother looked at him with tragic eyes.

These excepted, the only survivors of this tragic scene were Capts.

Still, I worry that a simple traffic stop could have tragic consequences.

And before her, always, she saw the tragic women of the wards.

That is not such a tragic thing as possibly it sounds to you.

There are plenty of tragic and inspiring choices, but the most obvious legacy Castro will leave behind is the broken family.

Your death is a tragic bookend to a year touted as the “transgender tipping point.”

Within minutes, it seems, of the disclosures of these tragic events, large numbers of people chose a side and stuck to it.

It is tragic how few people ever ‘possess their souls’ before they die.

Word Value for tragic
Scrable

9

Words with friends

11

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