ALL meanings of tragedy
trag·e·dy
T t - noun plural tragedy a lamentable, dreadful, or fatal event or affair; calamity; disaster: stunned by the tragedy of so many deaths. 1
- noun plural tragedy a dramatic composition, often in verse, dealing with a serious or somber theme, typically involving a great person destined to experience downfall or utter destruction, as through a character flaw or conflict with some overpowering force, as fate or an unyielding society. 1
- noun plural tragedy the branch of the drama that is concerned with this form of composition. 1
- noun plural tragedy the art and theory of writing and producing tragedies. 1
- noun plural tragedy any literary composition, as a novel, dealing with a somber theme carried to a tragic or disastrous conclusion. 1
- noun plural tragedy the tragic or mournful or calamitous element of drama, of literature generally, or of life. 1
- variable noun tragedy A tragedy is an extremely sad event or situation. 0
- variable noun tragedy Tragedy is a type of literature, especially drama, that is serious and sad, and often ends with the death of the main character. 0
- noun tragedy (esp in classical and Renaissance drama) a play in which the protagonist, usually a man of importance and outstanding personal qualities, falls to disaster through the combination of a personal failing and circumstances with which he cannot deal 0
- noun tragedy (in later drama, such as that of Ibsen) a play in which the protagonist is overcome by a combination of social and psychological circumstances 0
- noun tragedy any dramatic or literary composition dealing with serious or sombre themes and ending with disaster 0
- noun tragedy (in medieval literature) a literary work in which a great person falls from prosperity to disaster, often through no fault of his own 0
- noun tragedy the branch of drama dealing with such themes 0
- noun tragedy the unfortunate aspect of something 0
- noun tragedy a shocking or sad event; disaster 0
- noun tragedy a serious play or drama typically dealing with the problems of a central character, leading to an unhappy or disastrous ending brought on, as in ancient drama, by fate and a tragic flaw in this character, or, in modern drama, usually by moral weakness, psychological maladjustment, or social pressures 0
- noun tragedy such plays collectively 0
- noun tragedy the branch of drama having to do with such plays 0
- noun tragedy the writing, acting, or theoretical principles of this kind of drama 0
- noun tragedy a novel or other literary work with similar characteristics 0
- noun tragedy the tragic element of such a literary work, or of a real event 0
- noun tragedy a very sad or tragic event or sequence of events; disaster 0