a tragic event
1tragic event — shocking occurrence, event which causes sadness …
2event — n. 1) a disastrous; dramatic; historical; literary; major; outstanding; sensational; significant; social; spectacular; sporting; tragic event 2) a media event (to stage a media event) 3) a blessed event ( a birth ) 4) current events 5) (sports)… …
3tragic — tragically, adv. tragicalness, n. /traj ik/, adj. 1. characteristic or suggestive of tragedy: tragic solemnity. 2. extremely mournful, melancholy, or pathetic: a tragic plight. 3. dreadful, calamitous, disastrous, or fatal: a tragic event. 4. of …
4tragic — [[t]træ̱ʤɪk[/t]] 1) ADJ GRADED A tragic event or situation is extremely sad, usually because it involves death or suffering. It was just a tragic accident. ...the tragic loss of so many lives... The circumstances are tragic but we have to act… …
5tragic — adjective 1 a tragic event or situation makes you feel very sad: Lillian Board s death at 22 was a tragic loss for the world of British athletics. 2 (only before noun) connected with tragedy in books or plays: a great tragic actor | tragic hero ( …
6tragic — tra|gic [ˈtrædʒık] adj [Date: 1500 1600; : Latin; Origin: tragicus, from Greek tragikos, from tragoidia; TRAGEDY] 1.) a tragic event or situation makes you feel very sad, especially because it involves death or suffering →↑comic ▪ The parents… …
7tragic — trag•ic [[t]ˈtrædʒ ɪk[/t]] also trag′i•cal adj. 1) dreadful, calamitous, disastrous, or fatal: a tragic event[/ex] 2) extremely mournful, melancholy, or pathetic 3) lit. pertaining to or characteristic of tragedy: a tragic actor; tragic… …
8Tragic Kingdom — Infobox Album Name = Tragic Kingdom Type = studio Artist = No Doubt Released = October 10, 1995 Recorded = Total Access Recording, Redondo Beach, CA, The Recording Plant, Hollywood, CA, Santa Monica Sound, Santa Monica, CA, NRG Studios, North… …
9Tragic Optimism for a Millennial Dawning — ▪ 1999 Introduction by Stephen Jay Gould Stephen Jay Gould, Professor of Geology and Curator of Invertebrate Paleontology at Harvard University since 1973, has gained worldwide renown as a paleontologist, evolutionary biologist, and, not least,… …
10event — noun 1 sth that happens ADJECTIVE ▪ big, great, important, major, significant ▪ historic, key, landmark, life changing …
