1 making you feel very sad, usually because sb has died or suffered a lot:
He was killed in a tragic accident at the age of 24. * Cuts in the health service could have tragic consequences for patients. * It would be tragic if her talent remained unrecognized.
2 [onlybeforenoun] connected with tragedy (= the style of literature):
a tragic actor / hero
tragically adverb:
Tragically, his wife was killed in a car accident. * He died tragically young.
