Synonyms for tragic
ˈtrædʒ ɪktrag·ic

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1. tragic

   Synonyms:
   mournful, fatal, calamitous, sorrowful, shocking

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1. tragic, tragicaladjective

   very sad; especially involving grief or death or destruction

   "a tragic face"; "a tragic plight"; "a tragic accident"

   Synonyms:
   tragical

   Antonyms:
   glad

2. tragicadjective

   of or relating to or characteristic of tragedy

   "tragic hero"

   Synonyms:
   tragical

   Antonyms:
   glad

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1. tragicadjective

   Synonyms:
   of tragedy, of the nature of tragedy, after the manner of tragedy

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1. List of paraphrases for "tragic":

   dramatic, sad, dire, unfortunate, catastrophic, terrible, drama, disastrous, miserable, tragedy, deplorable, appalling

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1. Lance Spivey:

   It’s just tragic that Frontier will put dollar signs before people’s lives and are jeopardizing police, fire and EMS personnel, ambulance personnel, paramedics, we take an oath and we live by that oath to protect our communities, and when our partner has a key component and doesn’t keep up, we lose sleep at night.

2. Chad McBride:

   Obviously, a very scary scenario, very tragic scenario, and so we're trying to work through all the details now and begin the investigation.

3. Brooke Fiske:

   When something tragic happens, it’s really important to try to find a way to move forward and to use it for good.

4. Naked Gun From the Files of Police Squad:

   Frank It's the same old story. Boy finds girl, boy loses girl, girl finds boy, boy forgets girl, boy remembers girl, girls dies in a tragic blimp accident over the Orange Bowl on New Year's Day.

5. Hiram Sasser:

   It’s tragic that the city of Houston wants to take the churches’ property away and give it to someone else, just so they can make money.