tragic

About 9.65 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Causing great sadness or suffering.

   Her father's early death was tragic.

2. adjective Relating to tragedy in a literary work.
3. adjective Having been the victim of a tragedy.
4. adjective Cringeworthy; tryhard; unhip; embarrassing; hopeless; indicative of (or having) a chronic lack of self-awareness.

   That dress is tragic.

5. noun An obsessive fan, a superfan
6. noun A writer of tragedy.
7. noun A tragedy; a tragic drama.

Similar words

sad tragical grievous saddening grieved sorrowful sorrow lamentable depressing horrifying

Often followed by

and death hero end events story consequences fate drama

Word family

tragical tragically