tragical

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

tragical
    adj 1: very sad; especially involving grief or death or
           destruction; "a tragic face"; "a tragic plight"; "a
           tragic accident" [syn: {tragic}, {tragical}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Tragic \Trag"ic\, Tragical \Trag"ic*al\, a. [L. tragicus, Gr.?:
   cf. F. tragique.]
   1. Of or pertaining to tragedy; of the nature or character of
      tragedy; as, a tragic poem; a tragic play or
      representation.
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   2. Fatal to life; mournful; terrible; calamitous; as, the
      tragic scenes of the French revolution.
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   3. Mournful; expressive of tragedy, the loss of life, or of
      sorrow.
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            Why look you still so stern and tragical ? --Shak.
      [1913 Webster] -- {Trag"ic*al*ly}, adv. --
      {Trag"ic*al*ness}, n.
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