calamitous

English

Etymology

From French calamiteux. English calamity +‎ -ous.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kəˈlæmɪtəs/

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Adjective

calamitous (comparative more calamitous, superlative most calamitous)

1. Concerning or involving calamity, disastrous.

   Synonyms: destructive, fatal; see also Thesaurus:disastrous

   The city was struck by a calamitous cyclone.

   • 1670, John Milton, “The Sixth Book”, in The History of Britain, that Part Especially now Call’d England. […], London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for James Allestry, […] , →OCLC, page 245:

     The next year vvas calamitous, bringing ſtrange fluxes upon men, and murren upon Cattel.

   • 2017 October 14, Tom Phillips, “Chairman Xi crushes dissent but poor believe he’s making China great”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     For critics, foremost among them liberal intellectuals and human rights activists, Xi’s first term has proved calamitous.

Derived terms

• calamitousness
• uncalamitous

Related terms

• calamity
• calamitously

Translations

concerning or involving calamity, disastrous

• Bulgarian: гибелен (bg) (gibelen), пагубен (bg) (paguben), свързан с бедствие (svǎrzan s bedstvie)
• Catalan: calamitós
• Finnish: tuhoisa (fi), katastrofaalinen
• French: calamiteux (fr)
• Galician: calamitoso
• Georgian: დამღუპველი (damɣuṗveli), დამაქცევარი (damakcevari)
• Italian: calamitoso (it)
• Latin: calamitōsus
• Portuguese: calamitoso (pt)
• Russian: губительный (ru) (gubitelʹnyj)
• Spanish: calamitoso (es)