tragical Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite very sad; especially involving grief or death or destruction
    tragic.
    • a tragic face
    • a tragic plight
    • a tragic accident

WordNet

Trag"ic, Trag"ic*al adjective (Also<
  • Tragic
  • Tragical
)
Etymology
L. tragicus, Gr.: cf. F. tragique.
Definitions
  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 ? Shak.
    -- Trag"ic*al*ly, adv. -- Trag"ic*al*ness, n.
Trag"ic noun
Definitions
  1. A writer of tragedy. Obs.
  2. A tragedy; a tragic drama. Obs.

Webster 1913