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
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THIS COSMOLOGIST KNOWS HOW IT’S ALL GOING TO ENDDAN FALKJUNE 22, 2020QUANTA MAGAZINEIn a tragic twist of fate, his fiery essence burned his own mother Izanami, which led to her death and departure to the underworld.
12 MAJOR JAPANESE GODS AND GODDESSES YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUTDATTATREYA MANDALMAY 6, 2020REALM OF HISTORYSometimes it comes in literal sobriety, sometimes in derisive travesti, sometimes in tragic aggravation.
CHECKMATEJOSEPH SHERIDAN LE FANUThe landlady had related the tragic history of the dead mother and the invalid aunt.
THE JOYOUS ADVENTURES OF ARISTIDE PUJOLWILLIAM J. LOCKEThe tall policeman was an artist at the work; but it nearly brought him to a tragic end, as I will relate.
FIFTY YEARS OF RAILWAY LIFE IN ENGLAND, SCOTLAND AND IRELANDJOSEPH TATLOWHe remembered Tony's words later: that another actor was expected with whose entry the piece would turn more real—turn tragic.
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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