Tragedy

Noun

 * 1) 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.
 * 2) The genre of such works, and the art of producing them.
 * 3) A disastrous event, especially one involving great loss of life or injury.

Adjectives for Tragedy
shocking; unimaginable; derived; inexcusable; bourgeois; radical; unequalled; dark; bombastic; dream; philosophic; classical; bloody; supreme; fantastic; stark; nocturnal; ancient; national; countless (plural); tribal; dismal; terrible; impressive; domestic; timeless; climacteric; successful; terrestrial; world; unavoidable; poetic; vast;

Verbs for Tragedy
avert—; banish—; bear—; belittle—; bewail—; decry—; deplore—; develop into—; disclose—; facilitate—; heighten—; intensify—; lament—; mourn—; play—; plot—; plunge into—; precipitate—; sense—; shudder at—; skirt the edge of—; stay—; submerge—; suffer—; surmount—; verge on—; —afflicts; —appalls; —bereaves; —curdles; —curses; —deals a blow; —depresses; —descends; —distorts ; —excites; —foredooms; —harrows; —haunts; —mows down; —oppresses; —overtakes; — purges; —racks; —rends; —sears; — shakes; —shocks; —sours; —spells; —unfolds; —weighs upon; —wrings.

Thesaurus
misfortune, mishap, nasty blow, pileup, revenge tragedy, romantic tragedy, shipwreck, shock, smash, smashup, staggering blow, tragic drama, tragic flaw, tragic muse, unluckiness, wreck, Aeschylean tragedy, Euripidean tragedy, Greek tragedy, Melpomene, Renaissance tragedy, Senecan tragedy, Sophoclean tragedy, accident, adversity, blow, buskin, calamity, casualty, cataclysm, catastrophe, collision, contretemps, cothurnus, crack-up, crash, curse, disaster, dole, domestic tragedy, grief, ill hap, lot, misadventure, mischance,

Etymology
From tragedie: <  tragedie: <  tragedia: <  τραγωδία:, from τράγος: + ᾠδή:, a reference to the goat-satyrs of the theatrical plays of the Dorians.

Antonyms

 * comedy

Derived terms

 * tragedian
 * tragic
 * tragic irony
 * tragicomedy

Translations

 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Esperanto: tragedio
 * Finnish: ,
 * Galician:
 * German: Tragödie
 * Greek: τραγωδία
 * Hungarian:, ,


 * Japanese:
 * Persian: تراژدی
 * Polish:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Swahili:
 * Volapük: lügadramat


 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Esperanto: tragedio
 * Finnish:


 * German: Tragödie
 * Persian: تراژدی, غم‌نامه, سوگنامه
 * Polish:
 * Russian:


 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Esperanto: tragedio
 * Finnish:, , surma
 * Galician: ,
 * German: Tragödie
 * Greek: τραγωδία


 * Hungarian:
 * Japanese:
 * Polish:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:, несчастье
 * Swahili:

Anagrams

 * gyrated