calamitous

[ kuh-lam-i-tuhs ]
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adjective
  1. causing or involving calamity; disastrous: a calamitous defeat.

Origin of calamitous

1
First recorded in 1535–45; calamit(y) + -ous

Other words for calamitous

Opposites for calamitous

Other words from calamitous

  • ca·lam·i·tous·ly, adverb
  • ca·lam·i·tous·ness, noun
  • un·ca·lam·i·tous, adjective
  • un·ca·lam·i·tous·ly, adverb

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How to use calamitous in a sentence

  • But was it by the completeness of her success or the calamitousness of her failure?

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British Dictionary definitions for calamitous

calamitous

/ (kəˈlæmɪtəs) /


adjective
  1. causing, involving, or resulting in a calamity; disastrous

Derived forms of calamitous

  • calamitously, adverb
  • calamitousness, noun

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