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Causing great sadness or suffering. / Relating to tragedy in a literary work. / (in tabloid newspapers) Having been the victim of a tragedy.

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tragic

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Source Word

tragic

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ˈtɹæd͡ʒɪk/

in tabloid newspapers informal predicative

Japanese Meaning

大きな悲しみや苦しみを引き起こす / 文学作品における悲劇に関連する / （タブロイド新聞で）悲劇の被害者であったことを示す

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The sudden, tragic accident left the whole town in mourning.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

その突然の痛ましい事故は町全体を深い悲しみに包んだ。

Sense（1）

Causing great sadness or suffering.

Few concepts are as emotionally charged as that of race. The word conjures up a mixture of associations—culture, ethnicity, genetics, subjugation, exclusion and persecution. But is the tragic history of efforts to define groups of people by race really a matter of the misuse of science, the abuse of a valid biological concept?

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Sense（2）

Relating to tragedy in a literary work.

Sense（3）

(in tabloid newspapers) Having been the victim of a tragedy.

2008, Search for tragic Madeleine McCann over (in The Daily Telegraph of Australia, 14 February 2008) http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/search-for-maddie-over/story-e6freuy9-1111115550129

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Sense（4）

(informal, chiefly predicative) Cringeworthy; tryhard; unhip; embarrassing; hopeless; indicative of (or having) a chronic lack of self-awareness.

That dress is tragic.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

more tragic

（ comparative ）

most tragic

（ superlative ）

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