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Showing words for TRAGEDY using the English dictionary

7 Letter Words for Tragedy

gyrated, tragedy

6 Letter Words for Tragedy

detray, geraty, grated, grayed, gyrate, targed

5 Letter Words for Tragedy

adret, aygre, dater, deary, derat, deray, detar, drate, edgar, gader, garde, gardy, gated, gater, gayer, grade, grate, great, greta, gryde, gyred, radge, ragde, raged, rated, rayed, ready, retag, tarde, tardy, tared, targe, tayer, teary, terga, trade, trady, tread, yager, yeard, yerga

4 Letter Words for Tragedy

adet, adry, aged, ager, aget, ared, areg, aret, arte, arty, ated, atry, ayre, daer, dare, darg, dart, date, dear, drag, drat, dray, dreg, drey, dyer, eard, edgy, egad, erat, eyra, gade, gaet, gard, gare, gart, gary, gate, gear, geat, gery, geta, grad, grat, gray, gret, gyre, gyte, rade, rage, rate, read, regd, regt, retd, tade, taed, tare, tead, tear, tedy, tega, tera, trad, trag, tray, trey, trye, tyde, tyed, tyer, yade, yard, yare, yate, yead, year, yeat, yerd, yeta

3 Letter Words for Tragedy

ade, ady, aer, age, agr, agt, agy, ard, are, arg, art, ary, ate, aye, ayr, dae, dag, dar, dat, day, dea, deg, der, det, dey, dry, dye, ead, ear, eat, era, erd, erg, ert, eta, ety, eyr, gad, gar, gat, gay, ged, ger, get, gey, gra, gry, gtd, gte, gye, rad, rag, rat, ray, rea, red, reg, rte, rya, rye, tad, tag, tar, tay, tdr, tea, ted, teg, ter, tra, try, tye, tyg, tyr, yad, yag, yar, yat, yea, yed, yer, yet

Definitions for Tragedy

[1] a lamentable, dreadful, or fatal event or affair; calamity; disaster: stunned by the tragedy of so many deaths.
[2] 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.
[3] the branch of the drama that is concerned with this form of composition.
[4] the art and theory of writing and producing tragedies.
[5] any literary composition, as a novel, dealing with a somber theme carried to a tragic or disastrous conclusion.
[6] the tragic or mournful or calamitous element of drama, of literature generally, or of life.
[7] (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
[8] (in later drama, such as that of Ibsen) a play in which the protagonist is overcome by a combination of social and psychological circumstances
[9] any dramatic or literary composition dealing with serious or sombre themes and ending with disaster
[10] (in medieval literature) a literary work in which a great person falls from prosperity to disaster, often through no fault of his own
[11] the branch of drama dealing with such themes
[12] the unfortunate aspect of something
[13] a shocking or sad event; disaster

Words related to Tragedy

misfortune, catastrophe, humiliation, wreck, shock, mishap, failure, calamity, struggle, woe, adversity, hardship, blow, downer, curse, reverse, misadventure, contretemps, dole, mischance

Words nearby Tragedy

trafford, tragacanth, tragedian, tragedienne, tragedize, tragedy, tragic, tragic flaw, tragic hero, tragic irony, tragicomedy

Origin of Tragedy

1325–75; Middle English tragedie < Medieval Latin tragēdia, Latin tragoedia < Greek tragōidía, equivalent to trág(os ) goat + ōidḗ song (see ode) + -ia -y3; reason for name variously explained

Other words from Tragedy

non·trag·e·dy , noun, plural non·trag·e·dies.
pro·trag·e·dy , adjective
su·per·trag·e·dy , noun, plural su·per·trag·e·dies.

Word origin for Tragedy

C14: from Old French tragédie , from Latin tragoedia , from Greek tragōidia , from tragos goat + ōidē song; perhaps a reference to the goat-satyrs of Peloponnesian plays

Synonyms for Tragedy

adversity, calamity, catastrophe, failure, hardship, humiliation, misfortune, mishap, shock, struggle, woe, wreck, affliction, blight, blow, cataclysm, contretemps, curse, curtains, dole, dolor, doom, downer, lot, misadventure, mischance, reverse, waterloo, bad fortune, bad luck, hard knocks, the worst, unluckiness