ca·lam·i·tous (k -l m  -ts)adj. Causing or involving calamity; disastrous. ca·lam i·tous·ly adv.ca·lam i·tous·ness n. |
calamitous
Adjective
resulting in or from disaster: the country's calamitous economic decline
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| Adj. | 1. | calamitous - (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" unfortunate - not favored by fortune; marked or accompanied by or resulting in ill fortune; "an unfortunate turn of events"; "an unfortunate decision"; "unfortunate investments"; "an unfortunate night for all concerned" |
calamitous
adjective disastrous, terrible, devastating, tragic, fatal, deadly, dreadful, dire, catastrophic, woeful, ruinous, cataclysmic << OPPOSITE fortunate
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