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tragedy
noun as in disaster
Strongest matches
adversity, calamity, catastrophe, failure, hardship, humiliation, misfortune, mishap, shock, struggle, woe, wreck
Strong matches
affliction, blight, blow, cataclysm, contretemps, curse, curtains, dole, dolor, doom, downer, lot, misadventure, mischance, reverse, waterloo
Weak matches
Example Sentences
He remembers going to a donut shop soon after the tragedy and a little boy came up to say hello.
“Another winter in Gaza. How to describe misery on top of a human tragedy?”
Kobayashi’s relatives are grappling with an additional tragedy after Kobayashi’s father was found dead Sunday near LAX of what police say was an apparent suicide.
“I forget who said this quote, but it’s, ‘Comedy is in a wide shot; tragedy is in a close-up,’” Baker says.
Mrs Mangaroo also points out that the Grenfell fire tragedy has seen insurance charges rise, which in turn pushed up service charges.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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