Synonyms of tragic flaw

tragic flaw

noun

as in hamartia

Related Words

• hamartia
• soft spot
• undoing
• downfall
• ruin
• back
• jugular
• Achilles' heel
• underbelly
• chink

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of tragic flaw

So there’s a sort of tragic flaw right from the beginning in our telling. — Eliana Dockterman, Time, 24 July 2026

Transit improvements will also give many residents better opportunities for jobs, because transportation will not be their tragic flaw. — Nora O'Neill, Charlotte Observer, 10 Oct. 2025

The diva must have great dignity, but also a tragic flaw. — Literary Hub, 17 Sep. 2025

Many people think of parent-child relationships as the most formative ones—the source of attachment styles, daddy issues, tragic flaws. — Faith Hill, The Atlantic, 7 Oct. 2024

The political actors onstage in Milwaukee wore their tragic flaws on their sleeves. — Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 24 Aug. 2023

Thomas is selfless and fearless in his quest to do good, but his tragic flaws of hubris, stubbornness and self-destructiveness become his undoing. — Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 June 2023

That tendency toward self-critique may ultimately have been the tragic flaw of Menand’s midcentury creatives. — Beverly Gage, Foreign Affairs, 14 Dec. 2021

And yet there remains an ineffable quality, especially in Aje — a placid dreamy blankness, inimitable, touching in its naiveté, and a tragic flaw all at once. — Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019