tragic
/ˈtɹæd͡ʒɪk/ adjective B1- Causing great sadness or suffering. · Her father's early death was tragic.
- Relating to tragedy in a literary work.
- Having been the victim of a tragedy.
- Cringeworthy; tryhard; unhip; embarrassing; hopeless; indicative of (or having) a chronic lack of self-awareness. · That dress is tragic.· He's pretty tragic these days, hanging out with people half his age.
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Now it is revealed, this secret so full of horror, as the tragic poet says.
It seems such a tragic thing.”
I must congratulate you on coming into the possession, though in rather a tragic manner of a relic which is of great intrinsic value, but of even greater importance as an historical curiosity.’
The development for which my friend had asked came in a quicker and an infinitely more tragic form than he could have imagined.
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