tragical

1. 1.

   very sad; especially involving grief or death or destruction

   “a tragic face”

   “a tragic plight”

   “a tragic accident”

   Synonymstragic

   Similarsad

Questions about tragical

What does tragical mean?

tragical means "very sad; especially involving grief or death or destruction".

How many syllables are in tragical?

tragical has 3 syllables: tra-gi-cal. The stress falls on "tra".

What is another word for tragical?

Close synonyms include tragic. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is tragical a common word?

tragical is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.