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Calamitous

Calamitous Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Calamitous? [adj] (of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin; "the stock market crashed on Black Friday"; "a calamitous defeat"; "the battle was a disastrous end to a disastrous campaign"; "such doctrines, if true, would be absolutely fatal to my theory"- Charles Darwin; "it is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it"- Douglas MacArthur; "a fateful error" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Calamitous: black \| disastrous \| fatal \| fateful \| unfortunate Related Terms \| Find terms related to Calamitous: afflictive \| awful \| baneful \| black \| cataclysmal \| cataclysmic \| catastrophic \| consuming \| consumptive \| deadly \| demolishing \| demolitionary \| depredatory \| desolating \| destroying \| destructive \| devastating \| dire \| disastrous \| distressful \| distressing \| doomful \| dreadful \| fatal \| fateful \| fratricidal \| grievous \| heartbreaking \| internecine \| lamentable \| nihilist \| nihilistic \| pernicious \| ravaging \| regrettable \| ruining \| ruinous \| self-destructive \| subversionary \| subversive \| suicidal \| terrible \| tragic \| unfortunate \| vandalic \| vandalish \| vandalistic \| wasteful \| wasting \| withering \| woeful \| wreckful See Also \| Calamitous In Webster's Dictionary \Calam"itous\, a. [L. Calamitosus; cf. F. calamiteux.] 1. Suffering calamity; wretched; miserable. [Obs.] Ten thousands of calamitous persons. --South. 2. Producing, or attended with distress and misery; making wretched; wretched; unhappy. ``This sad and calamitous condition.'' --South. ``A calamitous prison'' --Milton. Syn: Miserable; deplorable; distressful; afflictive; wretched; grievous; baleful; disastrous; adverse; unhappy; severe; sad; unfortunate. -- {Calam"itously}, adv. -- {Calam"itousness}, n.

Calamitous Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Calamitous?

[adj] (of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin; "the stock market crashed on Black Friday"; "a calamitous defeat"; "the battle was a disastrous end to a disastrous campaign"; "such doctrines, if true, would be absolutely fatal to my theory"- Charles Darwin; "it is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it"- Douglas MacArthur; "a fateful error"

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Calamitous In Webster's Dictionary

\Ca*lam"i*tous\, a. [L. Calamitosus; cf. F.
calamiteux.]
1. Suffering calamity; wretched; miserable. [Obs.]

         Ten thousands of calamitous persons.  --South.

2. Producing, or attended with distress and misery; making
   wretched; wretched; unhappy. ``This sad and calamitous
   condition.'' --South. ``A calamitous prison'' --Milton.

Syn: Miserable; deplorable; distressful; afflictive;
     wretched; grievous; baleful; disastrous; adverse;
     unhappy; severe; sad; unfortunate. --
     {Ca*lam"i*tous*ly}, adv. -- {Ca*lam"i*tous*ness}, n.

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