Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Tragic \Trag"ic\, n.
   1. A writer of tragedy. [Obs.]

   2. A tragedy; a tragic drama. [Obs.]

Tragic \Trag"ic\, Tragical \Trag"ic*al\, a. [L. tragicus, Gr.?:
   cf. F. tragique.]
   1. Of or pertaining to tragedy; of the nature or character of
      tragedy; as, a tragic poem; a tragic play or
      representation.

   2. Fatal to life; mournful; terrible; calamitous; as, the
      tragic scenes of the French revolution.

   3. Mournful; expressive of tragedy, the loss of life, or of
      sorrow.

            Why look you still so stern and tragical ? --Shak.
      -- {Trag"ic*al*ly}, adv. -- {Trag"ic*al*ness}, n.

Source : WordNet®

tragic
     adj 1: very sad; especially involving grief or death or
            destruction; "a tragic face"; "a tragic plight"; "a
            tragic accident" [syn: {tragical}]
     2: of or relating to or characteristic of tragedy; "tragic
        hero"