Answer: tragic

AnswerCrossword Clue
TRAGICLike the ending of "Romeo and Juliet"
TRAGICRuinous.
TRAGICPoignant
TRAGICDeplorable
TRAGICDire
TRAGICLike "King Lear," e.g.
TRAGICTruly sad
TRAGICLike "Othello"
TRAGICLike "Aida"
TRAGICHeartbreaking
TRAGICLike some irony
TRAGIC"How sad"
TRAGICNo Doubt's "Kingdom"
TRAGICVery sad.
TRAGICLike "Othello" in tone
TRAGICDeeply distressing
TRAGICHeartbreaking, as "Romeo and Juliet"
TRAGICBrahms' ... Overture
TRAGICLike Lear or Macbeth
TRAGICLike many of Shakespeare's protagonists
TRAGICLike "Doctor Faustus"
tragicextremely mournful, melancholy, disastrous, or dreadful
tragicthe nature of a tragedy
tragicof, pertaining to, characterized by, or of the nature of a somber drama or tragedy
tragicacting in or writing such drama
tragiccharacteristic or suggestive of a mournful or dreadful event or tragedy
TRAGICLike some flaws
TRAGICDreadful
TRAGICLike a Sophocles play
TRAGICTerribly sad
TRAGICLike certain flaws
TRAGICStar-crossed
TRAGICLike "Macbeth"
TRAGICLike many Aeschylus works
TRAGICIll-fated
TRAGICLike "Romeo and Juliet"
TRAGICLike "King Lear"
TRAGICCalamitous
TRAGICEnding unhappily, as a play
TRAGICDisastrous