{ Trag"ic (?), Trag"ic*al (?), } a. [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 ?

-- Trag"ic*al*ly, adv. -- Trag"ic*al*ness, n.

Trag"ic (?), n. 1. A writer of tragedy. [Obs.]

2. A tragedy; a tragic drama. [Obs.]

{ Trag"ic (?), Trag"ic*al (?), } a. [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 ?

-- Trag"ic*al*ly, adv. -- Trag"ic*al*ness, n.

Trag"ic (?), n. 1. A writer of tragedy. [Obs.]

2. A tragedy; a tragic drama. [Obs.]

• Causing great sadness or suffering.
  
• Relating to tragedy in a literary work.