tragedy noun
1 event/situation that causes great sadness
ADJ. absolute, appalling, awful, great, major, real, terrible | family, human, personal, private
VERB + TRAGEDY end in A family's outing ended in tragedy when their boat capsized. | be dogged by, suffer | avert, avoid, prevent
TRAGEDY + VERB happen, occur, strike (sb) Tragedy struck when their 8-year-old daughter was knocked down by a car.
PREP. ~ for sb The closure of the factory is a tragedy for the whole community.
2 serious play with a sad ending
ADJ. classical, Greek, Jacobean, Shakespearean
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