tragedy

/ˈtrædʒədi/ noun

Translation

SAD EVENT [C, U] › an event or situation which is very sad, often involving death

facia, felaket, trajedi

the tragedy of their daughter's death1754

PLAY [C] › a play with a sad end

trajedi, tragedya

a Greek tragedy1464

(Definition of tragedy noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

to not be trusted or popular because people think you have done something bad

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