# tragic

Pronunciation: US say "TRAJ-ik" /ˈtɹæd͡ʒɪk/; AUS say "TRA-jik" /ˈtɹæd͡ʒɪk/

## Adjective

1. Causing great sadness or suffering, especially through death or disaster.
   - Simple: Causing great sadness because something very bad has happened.
   - _The tragic fire destroyed three homes and claimed two lives._
   - _Her sudden death was tragic and left her colleagues devastated._
2. Relating to tragedy as a form of serious literary or dramatic work.
   - Simple: Belonging to a sad and serious kind of play or story.
   - _The tragic hero's fatal flaw drives the entire drama toward catastrophe._
   - _Shakespeare's tragic plays explore guilt, ambition, and revenge._
3. Describing someone marked by having suffered a tragedy or grievous loss.
   - Simple: Affected by a very sad event, such as a death or disaster.
   - _The tragic heroine of the news cycle had lost her entire family._
   - _He became a tragic figure after the accident that ended his career._
4. Embarrassingly unfashionable or hopelessly trying too hard; cringeworthy and lacking self-awareness. *(colloquial)*
   - Simple: So uncool or embarrassing that it makes other people cringe.
   - _Their desperate bid to seem relevant came across as utterly tragic._
   - _She thought the matching couple costumes were romantic, but her friends found them tragic._

## Noun

5. An obsessively devoted fan or enthusiast; a superfan. *(colloquial, Australia)*
   - Simple: A person who is extremely keen on something and follows it obsessively.
   - _Only a true tragic would memorize every player's statistics going back decades._
   - _The convention was packed with tragics dressed as their favorite characters._

## Noun

6. A tragedy; a serious dramatic work ending in disaster. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: A sad and serious play that ends in disaster.
7. A writer of tragedies; a dramatist who composes tragic works. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: A person who writes sad, serious plays.

## Origin

From Ancient Greek τραγικός (tragikós, "relating to tragedy"), which came from τράγος (trágos, "male goat"), a reference to the goat-satyrs in the theatrical plays of the Dorians.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/tragic (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).