different between harmful vs tragic
harmful
English
Alternative forms
- harmfull (archaic)
Etymology
From Middle English harmful, from Old English *hearmful (suggested by hearmfull?? (“harmful; hurtful”)), equivalent to harm +? -ful.
Cognate with German harmvoll, Danish harmfuld, Swedish harmfull.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?h??mfl?/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?h??mfl?/
Adjective
harmful (comparative harmfuller or more harmful, superlative harmfullest or most harmful)
- of a kind likely to be damaging; injurious
- Wear a hat to protect your skin from harmful sunlight.
Usage notes
- Nouns to which "harmful" is often applied: effect, consequence, impact, influence, emission, chemical, ingredient, substance, gas, agent, additive, drug, radiation, dust, organism, plant, animal, insect, action, act, behavior, component, content, activity, interference, use.
Synonyms
- injurious; see also Thesaurus:harmful
Antonyms
- beneficial
- harmless
Translations
See also
- harm
harmful From the web:
- what harmful chemicals are in vapes
- what harmful chemicals are in cigarettes
- what harmful chemicals are found in tobacco products
- what harmful chemicals are found in e-cigarettes
- what harmful chemicals are in plastic
- what harmful means
- what harmful chemicals are in shampoo
- what harmful chemicals are in our food
tragic
English
Alternative forms
- tragick (obsolete)
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ???????? (tragikós, “of or relating to tragedy”), from ?????? (trágos, “male goat”), a reference to the goat-satyrs of the theatrical plays of the Dorians.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?t?æd??k/
- Rhymes: -æd??k
Adjective
tragic (comparative more tragic, superlative most tragic)
- Causing great sadness or suffering.
- Relating to tragedy in a literary work.
- (in tabloid newspapers) Having been the victim of a tragedy.
- 2008, Search for tragic Madeleine McCann over (in The Daily Telegraph of Australia, 14 February 2008) [2]
- 2012, Gary Meneely, Keano’s tribute to tragic James (in The Irish Sun, 25 June 2012) [3]
Derived terms
- tragic flaw
Related terms
- tragicomic
- tragical
- tragically
Translations
Noun
tragic (plural tragics)
- (Australia, colloquial) An obsessive fan, a superfan
- 2011 March 31. James Macsmith "General Russell Crowe and his Rabbitoh minions" CNN Travel:
- Within the club itself, Crowe is regarded not only as a benefactor but as a fanatic -- a Rabbitohs tragic.
- 2013 March 13. Ricky Stuart, quoted in "Doping scandal is overwhelming league: Stuart":
- I'm a fan of rugby league. I'm a tragic of rugby league.
- 2013 August 28. Kent Steedman, The Guardian "The Knowledge: Rifled In"
- Damian was/is a football tragic, the rest of us just like it to varying degrees.
- 2015 March 29. Jermaine, Wharf Hotel website WE DON'T LIKE FOOTBALL - WE LOVE IT!
- Footy's back and as I'm a footy tragic it means I'm one very happy man.
- 2011 March 31. James Macsmith "General Russell Crowe and his Rabbitoh minions" CNN Travel:
- (obsolete) A writer of tragedy.
- (obsolete) A tragedy; a tragic drama.
Romanian
Etymology
From French tragique, from Latin tragicus.
Adjective
tragic m or n (feminine singular tragic?, masculine plural tragici, feminine and neuter plural tragice)
- tragical
Declension
tragic From the web:
- what tragic event happened in 1944
- what tragic event caused maggie's injuries
- what tragic event was caused by the bombing of cambodia
- what tragic event happened today
- what tragic scene ended bewitched
- what tragic event happened yesterday
- what tragic events happened in 2020
- what tragic event happened on the pharaoh
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