different between tragic vs fearful
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
fearful
English
Alternative forms
- fearefull (obsolete)
- fearfull (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English ferful, fervol, equivalent to fear +? -ful.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?f??f?l/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?f??f?l/
- Rhymes: -???f?l
- Hyphenation: fear?ful
Adjective
fearful (comparative fearfuller or fearfuler or more fearful, superlative fearfullest or fearfulest or most fearful)
- Frightening.
- Tending to fear; timid.
- a fearful boy
- (dated) Terrible; shockingly bad.
- (now rare) Frightened; filled with terror.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.4:
- Those two great champions did attonce pursew / The fearefull damzell with incessant payns […]
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.4:
Synonyms
- (frightened): frightened, timid, timorous
- See also Thesaurus:afraid and Thesaurus:cowardly
Translations
Adverb
fearful (comparative more fearful, superlative most fearful)
- (dialect) Extremely; fearfully.
Further reading
- fearful in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- fearful in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- Lauffer
fearful From the web:
- what fearful means
- what fearfully and wonderfully made mean
- what fearful tidings did it contain
- what fearful hand or eye
- what fearful symmetry
- what fearful symmetry mean
- what fearful in french
- what fearful means in spanish
Share
Tweet
+1
Share
Pin
Like
Send
Share
you may also like
- tragic vs fearful
- smart vs gay
- affect vs impel
- rude vs intolerable
- ungainly vs ungraceful
- bespatter vs sully
- menial vs disgraceful
- cabalistic vs incomprehensible
- smoky vs blurry
- spontaneously vs liberally
- deceiver vs dissembler
- intention vs method
- inclination vs character
- struggle vs feud
- involving vs gripping
- dapper vs shapely
- lumber vs gallop
- sentence vs condemnation
- streak vs race
- penetrating vs wily