ยท tragedy, branch of drama that treats in a serious and dignified style the sorrowful or terrible events encountered or โ€ฆ ยท tragedy - theory, catharsis, aristotle: As the great period of athenian drama drew to an end at the beginning of the 4th โ€ฆ ยท tragedy - shakespeare, poetry, drama: The movement toward naturalism in fiction in the latter decades of the 19th century did much to โ€ฆ ยท tragedy - greek, drama, catharsis: Tragedy (noun) tragedy / หˆ trรฆสคษ™di/ noun plural tragedies britannica dictionary definition of tragedy 1 a : A very bad event that causes โ€ฆ At the height of his powers, shakespeare revealed a tragic vision that comprehended โ€ฆ