TRAGEDIES Synonyms: 74 Similar and Opposite Words

tragedies

noun

plural of tragedy

as in disasters

a sudden violent event that brings about great loss or destruction the earthquake and the ensuing damage was the worst tragedy to ever befall the city

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as in misfortunes

bad luck or an example of this it's the tragedy of many great artists not to be recognized for their genius until after they're dead

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Recent Examples of tragedies One of the tragedies of modern MLB ballparks has been losing their iconic features. — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 19 Aug. 2026 Seemingly disconnected except by my mother’s witness, these two events illustrate how tragedies can galvanize change. — Dr. Marianne Parshley, Hartford Courant, 10 Aug. 2026 There are also now safety measures being proposed along the river to prevent future tragedies. — Andrew Ramos, CBS News, 7 Aug. 2026 Extreme heat, drought, hail and wildfires are rampant across the world, and fires are no longer just occasional tragedies. — Kate Dingwall, Bon Appetit Magazine, 31 July 2026 But the legal system’s binary standard—sane and guilty, or insane and not—fits imperfectly with human intuitions about culpability in tragedies like the Clancys’. — Eren Orbey, New Yorker, 30 July 2026 Reid, who has faced personal family tragedies, emphasized the team's love for Bieniemy and the need for time to heal. — Jeff Fedotin, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026 However — barring any season 2 tragedies like the season 1 loss of Cap Fuller (James Brolin) — most of the main cast would likely reprise their roles, including Kelly and Duhamel. — Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 26 July 2026 Multiple layers of protection — starting with four-sided isolation fencing, alarmed doors and windows leading to pool areas, and removing toys after swim time — can help prevent these tragedies. — Karen Cohn, The Orlando Sentinel, 25 July 2026

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Noun

These factors make its impacts somewhat of a wild card, experts say, with the effects of global warming acting in concert with El Niño to heighten the severity of heat waves and other disasters.

— Andrew Freedman, CNN Money, 13 Aug. 2026
The organization was created by a group of BBQ pitmasters after the deadly 2011 EF-5 tornado in Joplin, Missouri, with the purpose of feeding communities after disasters.

— Darius Johnson, CBS News, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of disasters

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But the fire this time was started by a son, which led to raging misfortunes that consumed his three brothers one by one, leaving only ashen memories for his surviving sister and aged parents to sift through.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 Aug. 2026
Deer-Proof Your Garden To keep your flowers from being gobbled up by deer—one of the most heartbreaking of all garden misfortunes—choose flowers that people find glorious and deer find disgusting.

— Mary Alice Russell, Southern Living, 13 July 2026

Definition of misfortunes

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The contrast is a reminder of the differences between the neighboring nations — their political systems, resources and the strength of their institutions — and a demonstration of how those can take on life-or-death importance in catastrophes.

— ABC News, ABC News, 13 Aug. 2026
The company’s founder, Jeff Bezos, envisions building space habitats that could house billions as a solution to environmental catastrophes on Earth.

— Marissa E. Yingling, The Conversation, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of catastrophes

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That’s been the story of this third season, one that started with Rhaenyra storming the castle and taking the Iron Throne and then promptly saw her get picked apart by dozens of unforeseen calamities.

— Brian Grubb, Vulture, 10 Aug. 2026
Yoon drew extensively on these themes in his earlier works—most recently in the novel Run Me to Earth and the Story Prize–winning collection The Hive and the Honey—and his oeuvre depicts war’s psychological and material calamities.

— Rachel Vorona Cote, The Atlantic, 30 July 2026

Definition of calamities

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Based on Thornton Wilder’s The Skin of Our Teeth, the surrealist musical follows one nuclear family across thousands of years and three apocalypses.

— Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 10 Dec. 2025
And a lot of the pseudepigrapha, like the fake gospels and fake apocalypses, fill in gaps in the record that can serve latter-day, post-biblical purposes.

— JSTOR Daily, JSTOR Daily, 16 Oct. 2025

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