tragic
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈtɹædʒɪk/
tragic
- Causing great sadness or suffering.
- Relating to tragedy in a literary work.
- (in tabloid newspapers) Having been the victim of a tragedy.
- 2008, Search for tragic Madeleine McCann over (in The Daily Telegraph of Australia, 14 February 2008)
- 2012, Gary Meneely, Keano’s tribute to tragic James (in The Irish Sun, 25 June 2012)
- French: tragique
- German: tragisch
- Italian: tragico
- Portuguese: trágico
- Russian: траги́ческий
- Spanish: trágico
- French: tragique
- German: tragisch
- Italian: tragico
- Portuguese: trágico
- Russian: траги́ческий
- Spanish: trágico
tragic (plural tragics)
- (Australia, colloquial) An obsessive fan, a superfan
- 2011 March 31. James Macsmith "General Russell Crowe and his Rabbitoh minions" ↗ CNN Travel:
- Within the club itself, Crowe is regarded not only as a benefactor but as a fanatic -- a Rabbitohs tragic.
- 2013 March 13. Ricky Stuart, quoted in "Doping scandal is overwhelming league: Stuart" ↗:
- I'm a fan of rugby league. I'm a tragic of rugby league.
- 2013 August 28. Kent Steedman, The Guardian "The Knowledge: Rifled In" ↗
- Damian was/is a football tragic, the rest of us just like it to varying degrees.
- 2015 March 29. Jermaine, Wharf Hotel website [http://www.wharfhotel.com.au/#!WE-DONT-LIKE-FOOTBALL-WE-LOVE-IT/c24zz/5514afa60cf21d84af59e9b4 WE DON'T LIKE FOOTBALL - WE LOVE IT!]
- Footy's back and as I'm a footy tragic it means I'm one very happy man.
- 2011 March 31. James Macsmith "General Russell Crowe and his Rabbitoh minions" ↗ CNN Travel:
- (obsolete) A writer of tragedy.
- (obsolete) A tragedy; a tragic drama.
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