tragic

adjective

• 1causing or characterized by extreme distress or sorrow:the shooting was a tragic accident
• suffering extreme distress or sorrow:the tragic parents reached the end of their tether
• informal very bad or inadeqate:the fact that they are so loved-up reminds me just how spectacularly tragic my life is she wears tragic cardigans, usually done up the wrong way

• 2relating to tragedy in a literary work: the same rules apply whether the plot is tragic or comic

noun

• a boring or socially inept person, typically having an obsessive and solitary interest:at school she’s not a complete tragic, but she’s not exactly popular either