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Spell Bee Word: Tragic


What does tragic mean?

Word: Tragic

Part of Speech: Adjective

Meaning: Tragic means very sad, usually because something bad and unlucky has happened. A tragic story or play is one with a very sad ending.

Synonyms: sad, unfortunate, heartbreaking

Antonyms: happy, comic

How do you spell tragic?

Syllables: trag - ic

Tricky part: The g is soft, like j, and the word ends in ic.

Watch out for: trajic, tragik, tragick

Memory tip: Think of the soft g in giant and gentle: tragic uses that same g for its j sound, with no j or d anywhere.

Tragic in a sentence

Example 1: The film had a tragic ending and everyone cried.

Example 2: It was tragic to see the old mango orchard dry up in the drought.

Example 3: Missing the final by one run felt tragic to the whole team.

Fun Fact

Tragic goes back to a Greek word that is thought to have meant goat song, though nobody is quite sure why.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Connection

Choose the antonym of the word:

tragic

a) strange
b) joyful
c) sudden
d) serious

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b) joyful. Joyful is the opposite of tragic; an event can be serious, strange or sudden without being sad.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

cgarit

a) traffic
b) graphic
c) garlic
d) tragic

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d) tragic. Garlic needs an l, graphic a p and an h, and traffic two f's; only tragic can be made from these six letters.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) tearfull
b) misrable
c) gloomey
d) tragic

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d) tragic. Miserable has an e after the s, gloomy needs no e and tearful has one l; tragic is right.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of these would most people call tragic?

a) a kite caught in a mango tree
b) a quiz team winning a silver cup
c) a school picnic moved indoors
d) a lovely old library lost to a flood

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d) a lovely old library lost to a flood

2. Which feeling does a tragic story usually leave you with?

a) mild boredom
b) deep sadness
c) great joy
d) sudden hunger

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b) deep sadness

Associated Words

Words that start with tra: training, trait, trash, transport, transfix, trail

Related words on the Spell Bee lists: unfortunate, happy, comic

More words from this list

agency, capable, dependable, experience, impressed, merge, predictable, seepage

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