tragedy
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(noun) drama in which the protagonist is overcome by some superior force or circumstance; excites terror or pity |
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Related Words: drama, tragicomedy |
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Antonyms: comedy |
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(noun) an event resulting in great loss and misfortune; "the whole city was affected by the irremediable calamity"; "the earthquake was a disaster" |
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Synonyms: calamity, cataclysm, catastrophe, disaster |
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Related Words: act of God, apocalypse, bad luck, force majeure, inevitable accident, misfortune, unavoidable casualty, vis major |
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