tragic

English

Alternative forms

• tragick (obsolete)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek τραγικός (tragikós, “of or relating to tragedy”), from τράγος (trágos, “male goat”), a reference to the goat-satyrs of the theatrical plays of the Dorians.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɹæd͡ʒɪk/

• Audio (General Australian):

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• Rhymes: -ædʒɪk

Adjective

tragic (comparative more tragic, superlative most tragic)

1. Causing great sadness or suffering.

   Synonyms: pitiful, rueful; see also Thesaurus:lamentable

   • 2012 March-April, Jan Sapp, “Race Finished”, in American Scientist‎^[1], volume 100, number 2, page 164:

     Few concepts are as emotionally charged as that of race. The word conjures up a mixture of associations—culture, ethnicity, genetics, subjugation, exclusion and persecution. But is the tragic history of efforts to define groups of people by race really a matter of the misuse of science, the abuse of a valid biological concept?

2. Relating to tragedy in a literary work.
3. (in tabloid newspapers) Having been the victim of a tragedy.
   • 2008 February 14, “Search for tragic Madeleine McCann over”, in The Daily Telegraph‎^[2], Australia:
   • 2012 June 25, Gary Meneely, “Keano's tribute to tragic James”, in The Irish Sun‎^[3]:
4. (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 days, hanging out with people half his age.

Derived terms

• tragic carpet
• tragic flaw
• tragic hero
• tragic heroine

Related terms

• tragicomic
• tragical
• tragically

Translations

causing great sadness

• Afrikaans: tragies
• Arabic: مَأْسَاوِيّ (maʔsāwiyy), تْرَاجِيدِيّ (trājīdiyy)
• Armenian: ողբերգական (hy) (oġbergakan)
• Belarusian: трагі́чны (trahíčny)
• Bulgarian: траги́чен (bg) (tragíčen)
• Catalan: tràgic
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 悲劇的 / 悲剧的 (zh) (bēijù de); 悲痛的 (zh) (bēitòng de)

• Czech: tragický (cs)
• Danish: tragisk
• Dutch: tragisch (nl)
• Esperanto: tragika (eo)
• Estonian: traagiline
• Finnish: murheellinen (fi), traaginen (fi)
• French: tragique (fr)
• Galician: tráxico
• Georgian: ტრაგიკული (ṭragiḳuli)
• German: tragisch (de)
• Greek: τραγικός (el) (tragikós)
• Hebrew: טְרָגִי (trági)
• Hindi: त्रासदिक (trāsdik), वियोगांत (hi) (viyogānt), दुःखांत (hi) (duḥkhānt), दुःखात्मक (duḥkhātmak), दर्दनाक (hi) (dardanāk), अंदोहनाक (andohnāk)
• Hungarian: tragikus (hu)
• Icelandic: sorglegur (is)
• Ingrian: murheelliin
• Italian: tragico (it)
• Japanese: 悲惨な (ja) (ひさんな, hisan na)
• Korean: 비참하다 (ko) (bichamhada)
• Latvian: traģisks
• Lithuanian: tragiškas
• Macedonian: тра́гичен (trágičen)
• Maori: whakahiatangi
• Navajo: hóyééʼ
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: tragisk (no)

• Pannonian Rusyn: траґични (tragični)
• Piedmontese: tràgich
• Polish: tragiczny (pl)
• Portuguese: trágico (pt)
• Romanian: tragic (ro)
• Russian: траги́ческий (ru) (tragíčeskij), траги́чный (ru) (tragíčnyj)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: тра̀гичан

  Roman: tràgičan (sh)

• Slovak: tragický
• Slovene: tragičen
• Spanish: trágico (es)
• Swedish: tragisk (sv)
• Tagalog: matrahedya
• Thai: น่าเศร้า
• Turkish: trajik (tr)
• Ukrainian: трагі́чний (trahíčnyj)

relating to tragedy

• Armenian: ողբերգական (hy) (oġbergakan)
• Belarusian: трагі́чны (trahíčny)
• Bulgarian: траги́чен (bg) (tragíčen)
• Catalan: tràgic
• Dutch: tragisch (nl)
• Finnish: traaginen (fi)
• French: tragique (fr)
• Galician: tráxico
• German: tragisch (de)
• Greek: τραγικός (el) (tragikós)

  Ancient: τραγικός (tragikós)

• Hebrew: טְרָגִי (trági)
• Hungarian: tragikus (hu)
• Indonesian: tragis (id)
• Italian: tragico (it)
• Japanese: 悲劇の (ja) (ひげきの, higeki no)
• Korean: 비극의 (ko) (bigeug-ui)
• Latin: tragicus
• Macedonian: тра́гичен (trágičen)
• Malay: tragik
• Pannonian Rusyn: траґични (tragični)
• Piedmontese: tràgich
• Polish: tragiczny (pl)
• Portuguese: trágico (pt)
• Russian: траги́ческий (ru) (tragíčeskij)
• Spanish: trágico (es)
• Swedish: tragisk (sv)
• Tagalog: matrahedya
• Ukrainian: трагі́чний (trahíčnyj)

Noun

tragic (plural tragics)

1. (Australia, colloquial) An obsessive fan, a superfan
   • 2011 March 31, James Macsmith, “General Russell Crowe and his Rabbitoh minions”, in Travel, CNN:

     Within the club itself, Crowe is regarded not only as a benefactor but as a fanatic -- a Rabbitohs tragic.

   • 2013 March 13. Ricky Stuart, quoted in "Doping scandal is overwhelming league: Stuart":

     I'm a fan of rugby league. I'm a tragic of rugby league.

   • 2013 August 28, Kent Steedman, “The Knowledge: Rifled In”, in The Guardian:

     Damian was/is a football tragic, the rest of us just like it to varying degrees.

   • 2015 March 29. Jermaine, Wharf Hotel website WE DON'T LIKE FOOTBALL - WE LOVE IT!

     Footy's back and as I'm a footy tragic it means I'm one very happy man.

2. (obsolete) A writer of tragedy.
3. (obsolete) A tragedy; a tragic drama.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French tragique, from Latin tragicus.

Adjective

tragic m or n (feminine singular tragică, masculine plural tragici, feminine and neuter plural tragice)

1. tragical

Declension

Declension of tragic

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	tragic		tragică		tragici	tragice
	definite	tragicul		tragica		tragicii	tragicele
genitive- dative	indefinite	tragic		tragice		tragici	tragice
	definite	tragicului		tragicei		tragicilor	tragicelor