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Added 10 October 2026

tragicize

/ˈtɹæd͡ʒɪsaɪz/ verb

verb Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about tragicize at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

To speak or write in the manner of a tragedy; to adopt a grandiloquent style.
To turn (someone or something) into tragedy; to make tragic.

Origin

From tragic + -ize.

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