Tragedy

//ˈtɹæd͡ʒɛdi//

Synonyms for "tragedy" (55 found)

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Closest matches (11)

Noun(2 words)
calamitycataclysm

Strong matches (17)

Noun(2 words)
catastrophedisaster

Related words (27)

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More general

3 entries

Antonyms

2 entries

Synonyms

2 entries

Related terms

5 entries

at location

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capable of

2 entries

derived

5 entries

distinct from

1 entries

is a

3 entries

related to

21 entries

Showing 16 of 21 words.

Translations

180 translations across 60 languages.

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Albanian

2 entries
  • tragjedi noun (drama or similar work)
  • tragjedi noun (genre of such works, and the art of producing them)

Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • τραγῳδία noun (drama or similar work)

Arabic

4 entries
  • تْرَاجِيدْيَا noun (drama or similar work)
  • تْرَاجِيدْيَا noun (genre of such works, and the art of producing them)
  • فَاجِعَة noun (disastrous event, especially one involving great loss of life or injury)
  • مَأْسَاة noun (drama or similar work)

Armenian

3 entries
  • ողբերգություն noun (drama or similar work)
  • ողբերգություն noun (genre of such works, and the art of producing them)
  • ողբերգություն noun (disastrous event, especially one involving great loss of life or injury)

Azerbaijani

3 entries
  • faciə noun (drama or similar work)
  • faciə noun (genre of such works, and the art of producing them)
  • faciə noun (disastrous event, especially one involving great loss of life or injury)

Belarusian

4 entries
  • бяда́ noun (disastrous event, especially one involving great loss of life or injury)
  • го́ра noun (disastrous event, especially one involving great loss of life or injury)
  • няшча́сце noun (disastrous event, especially one involving great loss of life or injury)
  • траге́дыя noun (drama or similar work)

Bulgarian

3 entries
  • траге́дия noun (drama or similar work)
  • траге́дия noun (genre of such works, and the art of producing them)
  • траге́дия noun (disastrous event, especially one involving great loss of life or injury)

Catalan

3 entries
  • tragèdia noun (drama or similar work)
  • tragèdia noun (genre of such works, and the art of producing them)
  • tragèdia noun (disastrous event, especially one involving great loss of life or injury)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries
  • 悲劇 /悲剧 noun (drama or similar work)
  • 悲劇 /悲剧 noun (disastrous event, especially one involving great loss of life or injury)
  • 慘事 /惨事 noun (disastrous event, especially one involving great loss of life or injury)

Czech

3 entries
  • tragédie noun (drama or similar work)
  • tragédie noun (genre of such works, and the art of producing them)
  • tragédie noun (disastrous event, especially one involving great loss of life or injury)

Danish

3 entries
  • tragedie noun (drama or similar work)
  • tragedie noun (genre of such works, and the art of producing them)
  • tragedie noun (disastrous event, especially one involving great loss of life or injury)

Dutch

3 entries
  • tragedie noun (drama or similar work)
  • tragedie noun (genre of such works, and the art of producing them)
  • treurspel noun (drama or similar work)

Esperanto

3 entries
  • tragedio noun (drama or similar work)
  • tragedio noun (genre of such works, and the art of producing them)
  • tragedio noun (disastrous event, especially one involving great loss of life or injury)

Estonian

3 entries
  • tragöödia noun (drama or similar work)
  • tragöödia noun (genre of such works, and the art of producing them)
  • tragöödia noun (disastrous event, especially one involving great loss of life or injury)

Finnish

4 entries
  • murhenäytelmä noun (drama or similar work)
  • murhenäytelmä noun (disastrous event, especially one involving great loss of life or injury)
  • surma noun (disastrous event, especially one involving great loss of life or injury)
  • tragedia noun (drama or similar work)

French

3 entries
  • drame noun (disastrous event, especially one involving great loss of life or injury)
  • tragédie noun (drama or similar work)
  • tragédie noun (genre of such works, and the art of producing them)

Galician

3 entries
  • catástrofe noun (disastrous event, especially one involving great loss of life or injury)
  • traxedia noun (drama or similar work)
  • traxedia noun (disastrous event, especially one involving great loss of life or injury)

Georgian

2 entries
  • ტრაგედია noun (drama or similar work)
  • ტრაგედია noun (genre of such works, and the art of producing them)

German

3 entries
  • Tragödie noun (drama or similar work)
  • Tragödie noun (genre of such works, and the art of producing them)
  • Tragödie noun (disastrous event, especially one involving great loss of life or injury)

Greek

2 entries
  • τραγωδία noun (drama or similar work)
  • τραγωδία noun (disastrous event, especially one involving great loss of life or injury)

Hebrew

3 entries
  • טְרָגֶדְיָה noun (drama or similar work)
  • טְרָגֶדְיָה noun (genre of such works, and the art of producing them)
  • טְרָגֶדְיָה noun (disastrous event, especially one involving great loss of life or injury)

Hindi

4 entries
  • त्रासदी noun (drama or similar work)
  • त्रासदी noun (disastrous event, especially one involving great loss of life or injury)
  • दुखांत noun (drama or similar work)
  • दुर्घटना noun (disastrous event, especially one involving great loss of life or injury)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • dráma noun (drama or similar work)
  • szomorújáték noun (drama or similar work)
  • tragédia noun (drama or similar work)
  • tragédia noun (disastrous event, especially one involving great loss of life or injury)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • harmleikur noun (genre of such works, and the art of producing them)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • tragedi noun (disastrous event, especially one involving great loss of life or injury)

Irish

1 entries
  • cinniúint noun (disastrous event, especially one involving great loss of life or injury)

Italian

3 entries
  • tragedia noun (drama or similar work)
  • tragedia noun (genre of such works, and the art of producing them)
  • tragedia noun (disastrous event, especially one involving great loss of life or injury)

Japanese

3 entries
  • 悲劇 noun (drama or similar work)
  • 悲劇 noun (disastrous event, especially one involving great loss of life or injury)
  • 惨事 noun (disastrous event, especially one involving great loss of life or injury)

Kazakh

2 entries
  • трагедия noun (drama or similar work)
  • трагедия noun (genre of such works, and the art of producing them)

Korean

3 entries
  • 비극 noun (drama or similar work)
  • 비극 noun (disastrous event, especially one involving great loss of life or injury)
  • 참사 noun (disastrous event, especially one involving great loss of life or injury)

Kyrgyz

2 entries
  • трагедия noun (drama or similar work)
  • трагедия noun (genre of such works, and the art of producing them)

Latin

1 entries
  • tragoedia noun (drama or similar work)

Latvian

2 entries
  • traģēdija noun (drama or similar work)
  • traģēdija noun (genre of such works, and the art of producing them)

Lithuanian

2 entries
  • tragedija noun (drama or similar work)
  • tragedija noun (genre of such works, and the art of producing them)

Macedonian

3 entries
  • траге́дија noun (drama or similar work)
  • траге́дија noun (genre of such works, and the art of producing them)
  • траге́дија noun (disastrous event, especially one involving great loss of life or injury)

Malay

2 entries
  • nahas noun (disastrous event, especially one involving great loss of life or injury)
  • tragedi noun (disastrous event, especially one involving great loss of life or injury)

Māori

1 entries
  • takerehāia noun (disastrous event, especially one involving great loss of life or injury)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries
  • tragedie noun (drama or similar work)
  • tragedie noun (genre of such works, and the art of producing them)

Pannonian Rusyn

3 entries
  • траґедия noun (drama or similar work)
  • траґедия noun (genre of such works, and the art of producing them)
  • траґедия noun (disastrous event, especially one involving great loss of life or injury)

Persian

4 entries
  • تراژدی noun (drama or similar work)
  • تراژدی noun (genre of such works, and the art of producing them)
  • سوگنامه noun (genre of such works, and the art of producing them)
  • غمنامه noun (genre of such works, and the art of producing them)

Polish

4 entries
  • bieda noun (disastrous event, especially one involving great loss of life or injury)
  • gorze noun (disastrous event, especially one involving great loss of life or injury)
  • nieszczęście noun (disastrous event, especially one involving great loss of life or injury)
  • tragedia noun (drama or similar work)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • catástrofe noun (disastrous event, especially one involving great loss of life or injury)
  • desastre noun (disastrous event, especially one involving great loss of life or injury)
  • tragédia noun (drama or similar work)
  • tragédia noun (genre of such works, and the art of producing them)

Romanian

3 entries
  • tragedie noun (drama or similar work)
  • tragedie noun (genre of such works, and the art of producing them)
  • tragedie noun (disastrous event, especially one involving great loss of life or injury)

Russian

4 entries
  • беда́ noun (disastrous event, especially one involving great loss of life or injury)
  • го́ре noun (disastrous event, especially one involving great loss of life or injury)
  • несча́стье noun (disastrous event, especially one involving great loss of life or injury)
  • траге́дия noun (drama or similar work)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • tràgēdija noun (drama or similar work)
  • tràgēdija noun (genre of such works, and the art of producing them)
  • tràgēdija noun (disastrous event, especially one involving great loss of life or injury)
  • тра̀ге̄дија noun (drama or similar work)

Slovak

3 entries
  • tragédia noun (drama or similar work)
  • tragédia noun (genre of such works, and the art of producing them)
  • tragédia noun (disastrous event, especially one involving great loss of life or injury)

Slovene

3 entries
  • tragedija noun (drama or similar work)
  • tragedija noun (genre of such works, and the art of producing them)
  • tragedija noun (disastrous event, especially one involving great loss of life or injury)

Spanish

3 entries
  • tragedia noun (drama or similar work)
  • tragedia noun (genre of such works, and the art of producing them)
  • tragedia noun (disastrous event, especially one involving great loss of life or injury)

Swahili

1 entries
  • mkasa noun (disastrous event, especially one involving great loss of life or injury)

Swedish

3 entries
  • tragedi noun (drama or similar work)
  • tragedi noun (genre of such works, and the art of producing them)
  • tragedi noun (disastrous event, especially one involving great loss of life or injury)

Tagalog

4 entries
  • kalunusan noun (genre of such works, and the art of producing them)
  • trahedya noun (drama or similar work)
  • trahedya noun (genre of such works, and the art of producing them)
  • trahedya noun (disastrous event, especially one involving great loss of life or injury)

Tajik

4 entries
  • трагедия noun (genre of such works, and the art of producing them)
  • фоҷиа noun (drama or similar work)
  • фоҷиа noun (genre of such works, and the art of producing them)
  • фоҷиа noun (disastrous event, especially one involving great loss of life or injury)

Thai

1 entries
  • โศกนาฏกรรม noun (drama or similar work)

Turkish

2 entries
  • facia noun (disastrous event, especially one involving great loss of life or injury)
  • trajedi noun (genre of such works, and the art of producing them)

Ukrainian

4 entries
  • біда́ noun (disastrous event, especially one involving great loss of life or injury)
  • го́ре noun (disastrous event, especially one involving great loss of life or injury)
  • неща́стя noun (disastrous event, especially one involving great loss of life or injury)
  • траге́дія noun (drama or similar work)

Urdu

3 entries
  • اَلَمِیہ noun (genre of such works, and the art of producing them)
  • حادْثَہ noun (disastrous event, especially one involving great loss of life or injury)
  • سانحہ noun (disastrous event, especially one involving great loss of life or injury)

Uyghur

1 entries
  • پاجىئە noun (disastrous event, especially one involving great loss of life or injury)

Uzbek

4 entries
  • baxtsizlik noun (disastrous event, especially one involving great loss of life or injury)
  • falokat noun (disastrous event, especially one involving great loss of life or injury)
  • fojia noun (genre of such works, and the art of producing them)
  • fojia noun (disastrous event, especially one involving great loss of life or injury)

Vietnamese

2 entries
  • bi kịch noun (drama or similar work)
  • bi kịch noun (genre of such works, and the art of producing them)

Volapük

1 entries
  • lügadramat noun (drama or similar work)

Sample sentences

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As a rule, I prefer a comedy to a tragedy.

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It was a great tragedy for them to lose their only son.

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The story has in it something of the element of tragedy.

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The tragedy must be remembered so that it is not repeated.

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