Tragedy

n.	1.
	1.	A dramatic poem, composed in elevated style, representing a signal action performed by some person or persons, and having a fatal issue; that species of drama which represents the sad or terrible phases of character and life. Tragedy is to say a certain storie, As olde bookes maken us memorie, Of him that stood in great prosperitee And is yfallen out of high degree Into misery and endeth wretchedly. - Chaucer. All our tragedies are of kings and princes. - Jer. Taylor. tragedy is poetry in its deepest earnest; comedy is poetry in unlimited jest. - Coleridge.
	2.	A fatal and mournful event; any event in which human lives are lost by human violence, more especially by unauthorized violence.

Noun	1.	tragedy - an event resulting in great loss and misfortune; "the whole city was affected by the irremediable calamity"; "the earthquake was a disaster" Synonyms: calamity, catastrophe, disaster, cataclysm
	2.	tragedy - drama in which the protagonist is overcome by some superior force or circumstance; excites terror or pity Antonyms: comedy - light and humorous drama with a happy ending

To dream of a tragedy, forewarns of misunderstandings and disappointments.Aeschylean tragedy, Euripidean tragedy, Greek tragedy, Melpomene, Renaissance tragedy, Senecan tragedy, Sophoclean tragedy, accident, blow, buskin, calamity, casualty, cataclysm, catastrophe, collision, contretemps, cothurnus, crack-up, crash, curse, disaster, dole, domestic tragedy, grief, ill hap, lot, misadventure, mischance, mishap, nasty blow, pileup, revenge tragedy, romantic tragedy, shipwreck, shock, smash, smashup, staggering blow, tragic drama, tragic flaw, tragic muse, unluckiness, wreck

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