tragic loss
Grief-inducing departure forever
A tragic loss is a death or deprivation that strikes with particular cruelty—often sudden, premature, or senseless.
The phrase appears constantly in news coverage and public statements: The community mourns the tragic loss of the young athlete.
While loss alone can mean death, adding tragic emphasizes grief and invites sympathy, sometimes to the point of cliché.
- griefIntense sorrow from loss
- heavy heartProfound emotional sadness
- sorrowDeep emotional distress
- mourningPeriod following loss
- deepest sympathyProfound shared sorrow
devastation · heartbreak · untimely · gone too soon · death · funeral · final goodbye · tears · bereaved · widow · orphan · accident · fatal · memorial · eulogy · casket · flowers · black
- backstoryorigin story, origin, past, background, history
- mourningfuneral, burial, grief, bereavement, wake
- griefgrief, mourning, bereavement, sorrow, grieving
tragic lossblessed event
Euphemism for birth
happy ending · dream come true · windfall · stroke of luck · godsend
tragic, loss, tragedy, tragically, tragedian, tragedies, losses, lost, lose