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1. (n.) tragedy
a lamentable, dreadful, or fatal event or affair; calamity; disaster:
a family tragedy.
2. tragedy
the tragic element of drama, of literature generally, or of life:
the tragedy of poverty.
3. tragedy
a literary composition, as a novel, dealing with a somber theme carried to a tragic conclusion.
4. tragedy
a dramatic composition, often in verse, dealing with a serious or somber theme, typically that of a great person destined through a flaw of character or conflict with some overpowering force, as fate or society, to suffer downfall or destruction.
5. tragedy
the branch of the drama that is concerned with this form of composition.
6. tragedy
the art and theory of writing and producing tragedies.
Etymology: (1325–75; ME tragedie < ML tragēdia, L tragoedia < Gk tragōidía=trág(os) goat +ōidē song (see ode ) +-ia-y3)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) calamity, catastrophe, disaster, tragedy, cataclysm
an event resulting in great loss and misfortune
"the whole city was affected by the irremediable calamity"; "the earthquake was a disaster"
2. (noun) tragedy
drama in which the protagonist is overcome by some superior force or circumstance; excites terror or pity
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1. (noun) tragedy
an extremely sad situation in which people die or suffer
Her death was an avoidable tragedy.; aa family day out that ended in tragedy FRE attention 2 articles
2. tragedy
a play with in which a main character suffers a tragedy
Shakespeare's tragedies
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) Tragedy
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
2. (noun) Tragedy
a fatal and mournful event; any event in which human lives are lost by human violence, more especially by unauthorized violence
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Sense: (a) drama about unfortunate events with a sad outcome
`Hamlet' is one of Shakespeare's tragedies.
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 Afrikaans: tragedie |
 Arabic: مأساة، رِوايَةٌ مأساوِيَّ |
 Bulgarian: трагедия |
 Brazilian: tragédia |
 Czech: tragédie |
 German: die Tragödie |
 Danish: tragedie |
 Greek: τραγωδία |
 Spanish: tragedia |
 Estonian: tragöödia |
 Farsi: تراژدی |
 Finnish: tragedia |
 French: tragédie |
 Hebrew: אָסוֹן, טְרָגֶדיָה |
 Hindi: दुखद घटना |
 Croatian: tragedija |
 Hungarian: tragédia, dráma |
 Indonesian: tragedi |
 Icelandic: harmleikur |
 Italian: tragedia |
 Japanese: 悲劇 |
 Korean: 비극 |
 Lithuanian: tragedija |
 Latvian: traģēdija |
 Malay: tragedi |
 Dutch: tragedie |
 Norwegian: tragedie, sørgespill |
 Polish: tragedia |
 Persian: تراژدی |
 Pashto: تراژیدی، مصیبت |
 Portuguese: tragédia |
 Romanian: tragedie |
 Russian: трагедия |
 Slovenian: tragedija |
 Serbian: tragedija |
 Swedish: tragedi |
 Thai: โศกนาฏกรรม |
 Turkish: trajedi, ağlatı |
 Taiwanese: 悲劇 |
 Ukrainian: трагедія |
 Urdu: الميہ ناٹک |
 Vietnamese: bi kịch |
 Chinese: 悲剧 |
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