tragedy

Noun
  1. An event resulting in great loss and misfortune (synset 107329438)
    "the whole city was affected by the irremediable calamity"; "the earthquake was a disaster"
    is a type of: bad luck, misfortune - unnecessary and unforeseen trouble resulting from an unfortunate event
    subtypes:
    • act of god, force majeure, inevitable accident, unavoidable casualty, vis major - a natural and unavoidable catastrophe that interrupts the expected course of events
    • apocalypse - a cosmic cataclysm in which God destroys the ruling powers of evil
    • famine - a severe shortage of food (as through crop failure) resulting in violent hunger and starvation and death
    • kiss of death - something that is ruinous
    • meltdown - a disaster comparable to a nuclear meltdown
    • plague - any large scale calamity (especially when thought to be sent by God)
    • visitation - any disaster or catastrophe
    • tidal wave - an unusual (and often destructive) rise of water along the seashore caused by a storm or a combination of wind and high tide
    • tsunami - a cataclysm resulting from a destructive sea wave caused by an earthquake or volcanic eruption
    same as: calamity, cataclysm, catastrophe, disaster
  2. Drama in which the protagonist is overcome by some superior force or circumstance;
    Excites terror or pity (synset 107030062)
    is a type of: drama - the literary genre of works intended for the theater
    subtypes: tragicomedy - a dramatic composition involving elements of both tragedy and comedy usually with the tragic predominating

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