Thesaurus / tragic
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synonyms for tragic
- appalling
- awful
- calamitous
- cataclysmic
- deadly
- deplorable
- destructive
- dire
- disastrous
- dreadful
- fatal
- fateful
- grievous
- grim
- harrowing
- heartbreaking
- miserable
- painful
- pathetic
- pitiful
- sad
- shocking
- terrible
- unfortunate
- adverse
- anguished
- crushing
- deathly
- desolate
- doleful
- forlorn
- hapless
- heart-rending
- ill-fated
- ill-starred
- lamentable
- mournful
- pitiable
- ruinous
- sorrowful
- unhappy
- woeful
- wretched
See also synonyms for: tragically
antonyms for tragic
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THE WAVEALGERNON BLACKWOODWORDS RELATED TO TRAGIC
- afflictive
- awful
- blameworthy
- bummer
- calamitous
- dire
- dirty
- disastrous
- disgraceful
- dishonorable
- disreputable
- distressing
- dolorous
- downer
- dreadful
- execrable
- faulty
- godawful
- grievous
- grim
- heartbreaking
- heartrending
- horrifying
- intolerable
- lamentable
- lousy
- melancholy
- miserable
- mournful
- opprobrious
- overwhelming
- pitiable
- poor
- regrettable
- reprehensible
- rotten
- sad
- scandalous
- sickening
- stinking
- terrible
- tragic
- unbearable
- unsatisfactory
- woeful
- wretched
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