Antonyms for tragic

Grammar : Adj

Spell : traj-ik

Phonetic Transcription : ˈtrædʒ ɪk

Definition of tragic

Origin : 1540s, "calamitous, disastrous, fatal," shortened from tragical (late 15c.), modeled on Latin tragicus, from Greek tragikos "of or pertaining to tragedy," literally "of or pertaining to a goat," and probably referring to a satyr impersonated by a goat singer or satyric actor (see tragedy). Tragic flaw (1913) translates Greek hamartia.

adj catastrophic, very bad

Example sentences :

These excepted, the only survivors of this tragic scene were Capts.
Extract from : « A Sketch of the Life of Brig. Gen. Francis Marion » by William Dobein James

And before her, always, she saw the tragic women of the wards.
Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart

Now he had a son, and the child's mother looked at him with tragic eyes.
Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart

It is tragic how few people ever ‘possess their souls’ before they die.
Extract from : « De Profundis » by Oscar Wilde

That is not such a tragic thing as possibly it sounds to you.
Extract from : « De Profundis » by Oscar Wilde

For a moment there was silence, for the joke had taken a tragic turn.
Extract from : « Fair Margaret » by H. Rider Haggard

I bore her no grudge—who could bear soft-eyed, laughing, yet tragic Biddy a grudge?
Extract from : « It Happened in Egypt » by C. N. Williamson

It is said that she even did the barn work, and milked the cows, during that tragic time.
Extract from : « Tiverton Tales » by Alice Brown

She poured it as if it were poison, and Josiah became conscious of her tragic self-control.
Extract from : « Tiverton Tales » by Alice Brown

Thrice had she come, once comic and once tragic and once heroic.
Extract from : « Alarms and Discursions » by G. K. Chesterton

Synonyms for tragic

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