All tragedy synonyms

noun tragedy

• misfortune — adverse fortune; bad luck.
• broadway — a thoroughfare in New York City, famous for its theatres: the centre of the commercial theatre in the US
• drama — a composition in prose or verse presenting in dialogue or pantomime a story involving conflict or contrast of character, especially one intended to be acted on the stage; a play.
• bad luck — You can say 'Bad luck', or 'Hard luck', to someone when you want to express sympathy to them.
• doom — fate or destiny, especially adverse fate; unavoidable ill fortune: In exile and poverty, he met his doom.
• in-convenience — the quality or state of being inconvenient.
• lamentation — the act of lamenting or expressing grief.
• catastrophe — A catastrophe is an unexpected event that causes great suffering or damage.
• hard times — a period of difficulties or hardship.
• meltdown — network meltdown
• disaster — a calamitous event, especially one occurring suddenly and causing great loss of life, damage, or hardship, as a flood, airplane crash, or business failure.
• woe — grievous distress, affliction, or trouble: His woe was almost beyond description.
• curtain-raiser — A curtain-raiser is an event, especially a sporting event or a performance, that takes place before a more important one, or starts off a series of events.
• dramaturgy — the craft or the techniques of dramatic composition.
• moira — Classical Mythology. the personification of fate. Moirai, the Fates.
• hard cheese — an unpleasant, difficult, or adverse situation: It's hard cheese for the unskilled worker these days.
• nonfiction — the branch of literature comprising works of narrative prose dealing with or offering opinions or conjectures upon facts and reality, including biography, history, and the essay (opposed to fiction and distinguished from poetry and drama).
• moirai — Classical Mythology. the personification of fate. Moirai, the Fates.
• foreordination — previous ordination or appointment.
• blow — When a wind or breeze blows, the air moves.
• footlight — Usually, footlights. Theater. the lights at the front of a stage that are nearly on a level with the feet of the performers.
• folktale — a tale or legend originating and traditional among a people or folk, especially one forming part of the oral tradition of the common people.
• debacle — A debacle is an event or attempt that is a complete failure.
• emergency — A serious, unexpected, and often dangerous situation requiring immediate action.
• footlights — Usually, footlights. Theater. the lights at the front of a stage that are nearly on a level with the feet of the performers.
• folktales — a tale or legend originating and traditional among a people or folk, especially one forming part of the oral tradition of the common people.
• bombshell — A bombshell is a sudden piece of bad or unexpected news.
• hard time — a period of difficulties or hardship.
• misadventure — an instance of bad fortune; mishap.
• conte — a tale or short story, esp of adventure
• calamity — A calamity is an event that causes a great deal of damage, destruction, or personal distress.
• cataclysm — A cataclysm is an event that causes great change or harm.
• bad break — misfortune, period of bad luck
• infelicity — the quality or state of being unhappy; unhappiness.
• melodrama — a dramatic form that does not observe the laws of cause and effect and that exaggerates emotion and emphasizes plot or action at the expense of characterization.