Causing strong feelings of sadness usually because someone has died in a way that seems very shocking, unfair, etc.
Sometimes used in an exaggerated way to describe something.
The meaning of tragic is regrettably serious or unpleasant :
Deplorable, lamentable.
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Definition of tragic adjective in oxford advanced learner's dictionary.
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A tragic event or situation is extremely sad, usually because it involves death or suffering.
It was just a tragic accident.
The tragic loss of so many lives.
There are 12 meanings listed in oed's entry for the word tragic, two of which are labelled obsolete.
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Very sad, often involving death and suffering:
Belonging or relating to literature about.
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Characteristic or suggestive of tragedy.
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