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trahedya : tragedy (n.)

Derivatives of trahedya


Glosses:
tragedy
n. (event)1. calamity, cataclysm, catastrophe, disaster, tragedyan event resulting in great loss and misfortune.; "the whole city was affected by the irremediable calamity"; "the earthquake was a disaster"
~ misfortune, bad luckunnecessary and unforeseen trouble resulting from an unfortunate event.
~ act of god, force majeure, inevitable accident, unavoidable casualty, vis majora natural and unavoidable catastrophe that interrupts the expected course of events.; "he discovered that his house was not insured against acts of God"
~ apocalypsea cosmic cataclysm in which God destroys the ruling powers of evil.
~ faminea severe shortage of food (as through crop failure) resulting in violent hunger and starvation and death.
~ kiss of deathsomething that is ruinous.; "if this were known it would be the kiss of death for my political career"
~ meltdowna disaster comparable to a nuclear meltdown.; "there is little likelihood of a meltdown comparable to the American banking collapse in March 1933"
~ plagueany large scale calamity (especially when thought to be sent by God).
~ visitationany disaster or catastrophe.; "a visitation of the plague"
~ tidal wavean unusual (and often destructive) rise of water along the seashore caused by a storm or a combination of wind and high tide.
~ tsunamia cataclysm resulting from a destructive sea wave caused by an earthquake or volcanic eruption.; "a colossal tsunami destroyed the Minoan civilization in minutes"
n. (communication)2. tragedydrama in which the protagonist is overcome by some superior force or circumstance; excites terror or pity.
~ dramathe literary genre of works intended for the theater.
~ tragicomedya dramatic composition involving elements of both tragedy and comedy usually with the tragic predominating.