calamity

ca·lam·i·ty  (k-lm-t)

n. pl. ca·lam·i·ties

1. An event that brings terrible loss, lasting distress, or severe affliction; a disaster: A hurricane would be a calamity for this low-lying coastal region.

2. Dire distress resulting from loss or tragedy.

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[Middle English calamite, from Old French, from Latin calamits.]

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calamity

Noun

pl -ties a disaster or misfortune [Latin calamitas]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

calamity - an event resulting in great loss and misfortune; "the whole city was affected by the irremediable calamity"; "the earthquake was a disaster" catastrophe, tragedy, cataclysm, disaster misfortune, bad luck - unnecessary and unforeseen trouble resulting from an unfortunate event act of God, force majeure, inevitable accident, unavoidable casualty, vis major - a natural and unavoidable catastrophe that interrupts the expected course of events; "he discovered that his house was not insured against acts of God" apocalypse - a cosmic cataclysm in which God destroys the ruling powers of evil famine - a severe shortage of food (as through crop failure) resulting in violent hunger and starvation and death kiss of death - something that is ruinous; "if this were known it would be the kiss of death for my political career" meltdown - a disaster comparable to a nuclear meltdown; "there is little likelihood of a meltdown comparable to the American banking collapse in March 1933" plague - any large scale calamity (especially when thought to be sent by God) visitation - any disaster or catastrophe; "a visitation of the plague" tidal wave - an unusual (and often destructive) rise of water along the seashore caused by a storm or a combination of wind and high tide tsunami - a cataclysm resulting from a destructive sea wave caused by an earthquake or volcanic eruption; "a colossal tsunami destroyed the Minoan civilization in minutes"

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calamity

noun disaster, tragedy, ruin, distress, reversal of fortune, hardship, catastrophe, woe, misfortune, downfall, adversity, scourge, mishap, affliction, trial, tribulation, misadventure, cataclysm, wretchedness, mischance << OPPOSITE benefit

Translations

calamity [kəˈlæmɪtɪ] n → calamidad f

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calamity [kəˈlæmɪtɪ] n → calamité f, désastre m

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calamity [kəˈlæmɪtɪ] n → Katastrophe f

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calamity [kəˈlæmɪtɪ] n → calamità f inv

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calamity

n calamity [kəˈlӕməti]

a great misfortune It will be a calamity if he fails his exam. ramp نَكْبَةٌ، فاجِعَه бедствие neštěstí, pohroma ulykke; katastrofe das Unheil συμφορά calamidad suur õnnetus فاجعه؛ مصیبت katastrofi calamiteux אָסוֹן विपत्ति nesreća; nevolja, bijeda csapás bencana ógæfa, hörmulegt slys calamità 災難 재난, 불운 baisi nelaimė posts; liela nelaime; liksta malapetaka ramp katastrofe, stor ulykke klęska calamidade calamitate; nenorocire катастрофа katastrofa katastrofa propast olycka, katastrof, elände เหตุการณ์ที่เลวร้าย felâket, belâ 災難 лихо, біда مصیبت ، آفت ، قہر thiên tai 灾难

adj caˈlamitous

rampspoedig كَثيرُ البَلايا، مليئ بالنَّكَبات пагубен nešťastný, katastrofální katastrofal unheilvoll ολέθριος calamitoso õnnetusttoov اسف بار؛ مصیبت بار tuhoisa désastreux מֵמִיט אָסוֹן, חָמוּר दु:खद nesretan, žalostan, koban szerencsétlen mengandung bencana hörmungar- calamitoso 災難の 재난의 pražūtingas postošs; nelaimi nesošs kecelakaan rampzalig katastrofal, fatal nieszczęsny desastroso dezastruos катастрофический katastrofálny katastrofalen koban olycklig, olycksbringande ซึ่งเลวร้าย feci, felâket doğuran 災難的 тяжкий, злигодній آفت زدہ ، مصیبت زدہ thiệt hại 灾难的