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tragedy::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | calamity, cataclysm, catastrophe, disaster |
| Type of | misfortune, bad luck |
| Has types | famine, force majeure, inevitable accident, kiss of death, meltdown, visitation, apocalypse, vis major, act of god, plague, tidal wave, tsunami, unavoidable casualty |
| Derivation | tragic, tragical |
tragedy::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | drama |
| Has types | tragicomedy |
| Derivation | tragic |
Examples of tragedy
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The closest to a weather tragedy I've had was a very elaborate mountain wedding.
From the denverpost.com
Most such incidents eventually fall to the wayside when another tragedy strikes.
From the washingtontimes.com
My least favorite black books are not tragic, so much as they submit to tragedy.
From the theatlantic.com
What you're seeing in housing is a national tragedy, still very, very difficult.
From the businessweek.com
Passages like this get at the underlying tragedy of Markson's scattered library.
From the newsweek.com
From tragedy, however, has come a promising organization that continues to grow.
From the dailyherald.com
The tragedy did not lessen his belief that the harmonic convergence was working.
From the latimes.com
Because it's an exceptional mixture of high comedy and Greek tragedy,'says Page.
From the thisislondon.co.uk
Yes, it is an incredible tragedy that so many lost their homes and, even, lives.
From the newscientist.com
- Calamity: an event resulting in great loss and misfortune; "the whole city was affected by the irremediable calamity"; "the earthquake was a disaster"
- Drama in which the protagonist is overcome by some superior force or circumstance; excites terror or pity
- Tragedy (from the Greek: u03C4u03C1u03B1u03B3u1FF3u03B4u03AFu03B1, tragu014Didia) is a form of drama based on human suffering that invokes an accompanying catharsis or pleasure in audiences...
- Tragedy is a crust punk band originally from Memphis, Tennessee. The band formed in 2000 from members of the influential modern hardcore punk bands His Hero is Gone and Deathreat.
- "Tragedy" is a song recorded by the Bee Gees, included on their 1979 album Spirits Having Flown. The single reached number one in the UK in February 1979 and repeated the feat the following month on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100. ...
- "Tragedy" is a song by Gerald H. Nelson and Fred B. Burch. A recording of the song by Thomas Wayne and the DeLons rose to #5 on the Billboard Top 100 in 1959. A 1961 cover version by The Fleetwoods rose to #10 on the charts. Brian Hyland also recorded it in 1969, but it only made it to #56. ...
- (Tragedies (album)) Tragedies is the first full length album by the Norwegian funeral doom/death metal band Funeral. Track one of the album, Taarene is sung in Norwegian, while the other four tracks are sung in English. ...
- A drama or similar work, in which the main character is brought to ruin or otherwise suffers the extreme consequences of some tragic flaw or weakness of character; The genre of such works, and the art of producing them; A disastrous event, especially one involving great loss of life or injury
- (The Tragedies) by William Shakespeare
