Tragic

a.	1.	Of or pertaining to tragedy; of the nature or character of tragedy; as, a tragic poem; a tragic play or representation.
	2.	Fatal to life; mournful; terrible; calamitous; as, the tragic scenes of the French revolution.
	3.	Mournful; expressive of tragedy, the loss of life, or of sorrow. Why look you still so stern and tragical ? - Shak.
n.	1.	A writer of tragedy.
	2.	A tragedy; a tragic drama.

Adj.	1.	tragic - very sad; especially involving grief or death or destruction; "a tragic face"; "a tragic plight"; "a tragic accident" Synonyms: tragical
	2.	tragic - of or relating to or characteristic of tragedy; "tragic hero"

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