tragacanth | (noun) a gum used in pharmacy, adhesives, and textile printing | - |
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tragedian | (noun) an actor who specializes in tragic roles | - |
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(noun) a writer (especially a playwright) who writes tragedies | - |
tragedienne | (noun) an actress who specializes in tragic roles | - |
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tragedy | (noun) drama in which the protagonist is overcome by some superior force or circumstance; excites terror or pity | - |
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(noun) an event resulting in great loss and misfortune | Synonyms: calamity, cataclysm, catastrophe, disaster |
tragic | (adjective) of or relating to or characteristic of tragedy | - |
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(adjective) very sad; especially involving grief or death or destruction | Synonyms: tragical |
tragical | (adjective) very sad; especially involving grief or death or destruction | Synonyms: tragic |
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tragically | (adverb) in a tragic manner; with tragic consequences | - |
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tragicomedy | (noun) a dramatic composition involving elements of both tragedy and comedy usually with the tragic predominating | - |
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(noun) a comedy with serious elements or overtones | Synonyms: seriocomedy |
tragicomic | (adjective) of or relating to or characteristic of tragicomedy | - |
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(adjective) having pathetic as well as ludicrous characteristics | Synonyms: tragicomical |
(adjective) manifesting both tragic and comic aspects | Synonyms: tragicomical |
tragicomical | (adjective) having pathetic as well as ludicrous characteristics | Synonyms: tragicomic |
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(adjective) manifesting both tragic and comic aspects | Synonyms: tragicomic |
tragifarce | (noun) an extreme form of tragicomedy. | - |
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tragopan | (noun) brilliantly colored Asian pheasant having wattles and two fleshy processes on the head | - |
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tragus | (noun) a small cartilaginous flap in front of the external opening of the ear | - |
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