tragical
AdjectiveSynonyms:
tragic
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Trag′ic, Trag′ic·al adjective
Origin: L. tragicus, Gr.…: cf. F. tragique.
1. Of or pertaining to tragedy; of the nature or character of tragedy; as, a tragic poem; a tragic play or representation.
2. Fatal to life; mournful; terrible; calamitous; as, the tragic scenes of the French revolution.
3. Mournful; expressive of tragedy, the loss of life, or of sorrow.
Why look you still so stern and tragical ?— William Shakespeare
— Trag′wb-a1′>′ic·al·ly, adverb — Trag′wb-a1′>′ic·al·ness, noun
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54