English dictionary
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English noun: tragedy | |||
| 1. | tragedy (event) an event resulting in great loss and misfortune | ||
| Samples | The whole city was affected by the irremediable calamity. The earthquake was a disaster. | ||
| Synonyms | calamity, cataclysm, catastrophe, disaster | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | bad luck, misfortune | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | act of God, apocalypse, famine, force majeure, inevitable accident, kiss of death, meltdown, plague, tidal wave, tsunami, unavoidable casualty, vis major, visitation | ||
| 2. | tragedy (communication) drama in which the protagonist is overcome by some superior force or circumstance; excites terror or pity | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | drama | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | tragicomedy | ||
| Antonyms | comedy | ||
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