Synonyms for tragedy

noun

1. Unhappy fate

   lot, bad fortune, misfortune, doom, bad end, no good end.

   Antonyms happiness*, fortune, success.

2. A tragic event or series of events

   disaster, catastrophe, misfortune, adversity, affliction, hardship, struggle, misadventure, curse, blight, humiliation, wreck, failure, one blow after another*, hard knocks*; see also difficulty 1, 2, catastrophe.

   Antonyms success*, prosperity, good fortune.

3. An artistic creation climaxed by catastrophe

   novel, play, tragic poem, melodrama, tragic drama, Elizabethan tragedy, Greek tragedy, French classic tragedy; see also drama 1.

   Antonyms comedy*, satire, burlesque.