1. (a.) Alt. of Tragical.

2. (n.) A writer of tragedy.

3. (n.) A tragedy; a tragic drama.

appalling atrocious awful baneful beastly black buskined calamitous cataclysmal cataclysmic catastrophic cheerless cothurned crushing deplorable depressing destructive dire disastrous dismal distressing disturbing dolorous dreadful fatal forlorn funereal grievous grim hapless heavy hideous horrendous horrible horrid horrific horrifying ill-fated ill-omened ill-starred inauspicious lachrymose lamentable lugubrious melancholy miserable morose mournful piteous pitiable pitiful rotten ruinous sad shocking star-crossed terrible unfortunate unhappy unlucky unspeakable upsetting wreckful wretched