tragedy - Similar and Opposite Words

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Noun

drama in which the protagonist is overcome by some superior force or circumstance; excites terror or pity

Synonyms

• tragedy

More generic

• drama

Opposite / Antonyms

• comedy

More specific

• tragicomedy

Noun

an event resulting in great loss and misfortune

Synonyms

• calamity
• cataclysm
• catastrophe
• disaster
• tragedy

More generic

• bad luck
• misfortune

More specific

• act of God
• apocalypse
• famine
• force majeure
• inevitable accident
• kiss of death
• meltdown
• plague
• tidal wave
• tsunami
• unavoidable casualty
• vis major
• visitation

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