tragic

Signification (Anglais)

Adj

1. Causing great sadness or suffering.
2. Relating to tragedy in a literary work.
3. Having been the victim of a tragedy.
4. (informal, predicative) Cringeworthy; tryhard; unhip; embarrassing; hopeless; indicative of (or having) a chronic lack of self-awareness.

Noun

1. (Australia, colloquial) An obsessive fan, a superfan
2. (obsolete) A writer of tragedy.
3. (obsolete) A tragedy; a tragic drama.

Concepts

tragique

attendrissant

misère

pathétique

touchant

Synonymes

miserable

wretched

pitiful

tragical

sad

☹️

pathetic

sorrowful

calamitous

disastrous

terrible

very sad

gloomy

cruel

grievous

mournful

pitiable

unfortunate

woeful

lugubrious

grim

Thespian

grief-stricken

unconsolable

afflictive

funereal

serious

seriously

somber

sombre

extreme

dolorous

thespian

touching

dismal

tragically

badly

unhappy

☹️

woebegone

dolourous

brutal

heartsick

heroic

horrible

inhuman

Traductions

tragico

tragisch

trágico

tragisch

trágico

tràgic

trajik

tragico

مأساوي

τραγικός

erbärmlich

تراجيدي

fürchterlich

entsetzlich

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈtɹæd͡ʒɪk/

Étymologie (Anglais)

From Ancient Greek τραγικός (tragikós, “of or relating to tragedy”), from τράγος (trágos, “male goat”), a reference to the goat-satyrs of the theatrical plays of the Dorians.