tragical

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ˈtrædʒɪkəl/ UK /ˈtrædʒɪkəl/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

adj
archaic or literary form of tragic; deeply sorrowful

The play ended in a tragical scene that left the audience in tears.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 adj · archaic or literary form of... tragic mournful sorrowful calamitous disastrous lamentable woeful

Opposites

comical joyful happy fortunate

Word family

Forms tragically

Derived forms tragicallytragicalness

Related forms tragic tragedy tragedian

Etymology

From tragic + -al; tragic is from Latin tragicus, from Ancient Greek tragikos ('of tragedy, of a goat'), from tragos ('goat').

tragicus Latin τραγικός Ancient Greek τράγος Ancient Greek

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Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives Register & Style

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# tragical

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /ˈtrædʒɪkəl/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈtrædʒɪkəl/

## Meanings
1. archaic or literary form of tragic; deeply sorrowful

## Examples
- The play ended in a tragical scene that left the audience in tears.

## Synonyms
- tragic
- mournful
- sorrowful
- calamitous
- disastrous
- lamentable
- woeful

## Antonyms
- comical
- joyful
- happy
- fortunate

## Derived Forms
- tragically
- tragicalness

## Related Forms
- tragic
- tragedy
- tragedian

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: tragicus
- Root: τραγικός
- Root: τράγος

## Etymology
From tragic + -al; tragic is from Latin tragicus, from Ancient Greek tragikos ('of tragedy, of a goat'), from tragos ('goat').

## AI Etymology
Tragical is from tragic + -al; tragic is from Latin tragicus, from Ancient Greek tragikos ('of tragedy, of a goat'), from tragos ('goat'). Important recorded forms include tragicus (Latin), τραγικός (Ancient Greek), and τράγος (Ancient Greek). Morphologically, the word preserves a built structure whose named elements carry the historical sense into English. The modern sense continues the older lexical line without requiring a separate origin. In current use it covers archaic or literary form of tragic; deeply sorrowful. The wider family includes derived forms such as tragically and tragicalness and related words such as tragic, tragedy, and tragedian.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives
- Register & Style

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