TRAGIC: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for TRAGIC?

Need another word that means the same as “tragic”? Find 36 synonyms and 30 related words for “tragic” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Tragic” are: tragical, disastrous, calamitous, catastrophic, cataclysmic, devastating, terrible, dreadful, appalling, horrendous, dire, ruinous, gruesome, awful, miserable, wretched, unfortunate, deplorable, lamentable, regrettable, abject, grievous, galling, vexatious, sad, unhappy, pathetic, moving, distressing, painful, sorrowful, agonizing, stirring, disturbing, pitiful, piteous

Tragic as an Adjective

Definitions of "Tragic" as an adjective

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “tragic” as an adjective can have the following definitions:

• Very sad; especially involving grief or death or destruction.
• Very bad or inadequate.
• Suffering extreme distress or sorrow.
• Relating to tragedy in a literary work.
• Causing or characterized by extreme distress or sorrow.
• Of or relating to or characteristic of tragedy.

Synonyms of "Tragic" as an adjective (36 Words)

abject	Showing humiliation or submissiveness. Abject cowardice.
agonizing	Extremely painful. There is an agonizing choice to make.
appalling	Causing consternation. His conduct was appalling.
awful	Inspired by a feeling of fearful wonderment or reverence. I felt awful for being so angry with him.
calamitous	Involving calamity; catastrophic or disastrous. Such calamitous events as fires hurricanes and floods.
cataclysmic	(of a natural event) large-scale and violent. A novel about a cataclysmic world war.
catastrophic	Relating to geological catastrophism. A catastrophic depression.
deplorable	Of very poor quality or condition. Deplorable housing conditions in the inner city.
devastating	Physically or spiritually devastating often used in combination. The news came as a devastating blow.
dire	Causing fear or dread or terror. A dire emergency.
disastrous	Having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin. A disastrous fire swept through the museum.
distressing	Causing distress or worry or anxiety. Some very distressing news.
disturbing	Causing anxiety; worrying. A disturbing amount of crime.
dreadful	Causing or involving great suffering, fear, or unhappiness; extremely bad or serious. You re a dreadful flirt.
galling	Causing annoyance or resentment; annoying. It would be galling to lose your job because of a dispute with a customer.
grievous	Causing or marked by grief or anguish. A grievous crime.
gruesome	Causing repulsion or horror; grisly. Gruesome catering.
horrendous	Extremely unpleasant, horrifying, or terrible. Horrendous explosions shook the city.
lamentable	Bad; unfortunate. Her open prejudice showed lamentable immaturity.
miserable	Pitiably small or inadequate. The company donated a miserable 100 for flood relief.
moving	Used of a series of photographs presented so as to create the illusion of motion. A constantly moving crowd.
painful	Causing physical or psychological pain. Her ankle was very painful.
pathetic	Deserving or inciting pity. His ball control was pathetic.
piteous	Deserving or inciting pity- Galsworthy. A piteous cry.
pitiful	Deserving or inciting pity. A pitiful attempt to impress her.
regrettable	Deserving regret. It s regrettable that she didn t go to college.
ruinous	Causing injury or blight; especially affecting with sudden violence or plague or ruin. A ruinous course of action.
sad	Of things that make you feel sad. A sad day for us all.
sorrowful	Experiencing or marked by or expressing sorrow especially that associated with irreparable loss. Sorrowful news.
stirring	Exciting strong but not unpleasant emotions. A stirring and thriving politician.
terrible	Exceptionally bad or displeasing. What a terrible mess.
tragical	Very sad; especially involving grief or death or destruction.
unfortunate	Having or marked by bad fortune; unlucky. The delay at the airport was an unfortunate start to our holiday.
unhappy	Marked by or producing unhappiness. Unhappy with her raise.
vexatious	Denoting an action or the bringer of an action that is brought without sufficient grounds for winning, purely to cause annoyance to the defendant. The vexatious questions posed by software copyrights.
wretched	Very unhappy; full of misery. A wretched life.

Usage Examples of "Tragic" as an adjective

• The shooting was a tragic accident.
• The fact that they are so loved-up reminds me just how spectacularly tragic my life is.
• A tragic accident.
• A tragic face.
• A tragic plight.
• The same rules apply whether the plot is tragic or comic.
• She wears tragic cardigans, usually done up the wrong way.
• Tragic hero.
• The tragic parents reached the end of their tether.

Associations of "Tragic" (30 Words)

calamitous	Having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin. A calamitous defeat.
catastrophic	Extremely harmful; bringing physical or financial ruin. The body undergoes catastrophic collapse towards the state of a black hole.
catharsis	Purging of emotional tensions. Music is a means of catharsis for them.
defeated	People who are defeated. The Romans had no pity for the defeated.
disastrous	Having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin. A disastrous fire swept through the museum.
doleful	Expressing sorrow; mournful. A doleful look.
dolorous	Showing sorrow. A dolorous and repetitive tale of atrocity.
emotion	A strong feeling deriving from one’s circumstances, mood, or relationships with others. His voice was shaky with emotion.
failure	The collapse of a business. Business failures rose by 53.
fatal	Bringing death. It is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it.
grievous	Causing or marked by grief or anguish. A grievous crime.
hapless	Deserving or inciting pity- Galsworthy. The hapless victims of the disaster.
lamentable	(of an event, action, or attitude) unfortunate; regrettable. The industry is in a lamentable state.
loser	A gambler who loses a bet. South appeared to have three losers a trump a diamond and a spade.
mournful	Expressing sorrow. Her large mournful eyes.
pathetic	Inspiring scornful pity. His ball control was pathetic.
piteous	Deserving or inciting pity. Piteous appeals for help.
pitiable	Contemptibly poor or small. Pitiable homeless children.
pitiful	Inspiring mixed contempt and pity. A pitiful attempt to impress her.
plaintive	Sounding sad and mournful. A plaintive cry.
ruinous	In ruins; dilapidated. A ruinous war.
ruth	The great-grandmother of king David whose story is told in the Book of Ruth in the Old Testament.
sad	Of things that make you feel sad. She doesn t like sad movies.
sadly	In an unfortunate way. Sadly he died before he could see his grandchild.
sadness	The quality of excessive mournfulness and uncheerfulness. A source of great sadness.
sorrow	An event or circumstance that causes sorrow. He drank to drown his sorrows.
sorrowful	Experiencing or marked by or expressing sorrow especially that associated with irreparable loss- Proverbs 14:13. She looked at him with sorrowful eyes.
sorry	In a poor or pitiful state. I m sorry you were saying.
touching	Arousing affect. His gratitude was simple and touching.
unfortunate	A person who suffers misfortune. An unfortunate speech.