Nasty
Tragic
Tragic adjective - Of a kind to cause great distress.
Nasty and tragic are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Nasty" instead an adjective "Tragic".
Nearby Words: tragically, tragical
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
- The fourth film brings in Blackbeard, who is almost as nasty as Jones but doesn't have a tragic backstory.
- Yes, he's a serial killer with a nasty Yandere side and a skewed sense of morality... but he's just so tragic.
Source: Troubled, but Cute - Several villains (and tragic heroes) from the GONE series seem to take pride in all the nasty things the Perdido Beach kids say about them;
Source: Appropriated Appellation
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