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How to pronounce “tragic”
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Pronunciation guide for tragic
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of tragic with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess
And the tragic thing is, those two characters die.
- Definition summary
- Causing great sadness or suffering.
Example 1 of 8
How to pronounce tragic
The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess

And the tragic thing is, those two characters die.
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “tragic”
Meaning
- [Adjective]
- Causing great sadness or suffering.
- Relating to tragedy in a literary work.
- (in tabloid newspapers) Having been the victim of a tragedy.
- (informal, chiefly predicative) Cringeworthy; tryhard; unhip; embarrassing; hopeless; indicative of (or having) a chronic lack of self-awareness.
- [Noun]
- (Australia, colloquial) An obsessive fan, a superfan
- (obsolete) A writer of tragedy.[1]
- (obsolete) A tragedy; a tragic drama.[1]
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