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calamity (noun)

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  • calamity — ► NOUN (pl. calamities) ▪ an event causing great and sudden damage or distress. DERIVATIVES calamitous adjective calamitously adverb. ORIGIN Latin calamitas …   English terms dictionary

  • calamity howler — noun : one that makes dismal predictions of impending disaster * * * calamity howler or calamity shouter, U.S. a noisy pessimist: »[They] were of the stripe of calamity shouters whose occupation is gone unless they can prove that calamity stalks… …   Useful english dictionary

  • Calamity Jane — noun United States frontierswoman and legendary figure of the Wild West noted for her marksmanship (1852 1903) • Syn: ↑Burk, ↑Martha Jane Burk, ↑Burke, ↑Martha Jane Burke • Instance Hypernyms: ↑frontierswoman * * * Calamity Jane [ …   Useful english dictionary

  • calamity — I noun act of God, adverse fortune, adversity, affliction, bad fortune, blight, calamitas, cataclysm, catastrophe, clades, destruction, disaster, evil fortune, evil lot, evil luck, grievous harm, hardship, ill fortune, loss, major misfortune,… …   Law dictionary

  • calamity — noun (plural ties) Etymology: Middle English calamytey, from Latin calamitat , calamitas; perhaps akin to Latin clades destruction Date: 15th century 1. a state of deep distress or misery caused by major misfortune or loss 2. a disastrous event… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • calamity — noun (C) a terrible and unexpected event that causes a lot of damage or suffering: It would be a calamity for the farmers if the crops failed again. calamitous adjective calamitously adverb …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • calamity — noun a) An event resulting in great loss b) An event implying a degree of awkwardness …   Wiktionary

  • calamity — noun (plural calamities) an event causing great and often sudden damage or distress. Derivatives calamitous adjective calamitously adverb Origin ME: from OFr. calamite, from L. calamitas …   English new terms dictionary

  • calamity — noun she has survived more calamities in the past three months than most people experience in a lifetime Syn: disaster, catastrophe, tragedy, cataclysm, adversity, tribulation, affliction, misfortune, misadventure Ant: godsend …   Thesaurus of popular words

  • calamity — UK [kəˈlæmətɪ] / US noun [countable/uncountable] Word forms calamity : singular calamity plural calamities a) an event that causes serious damage, or causes a lot of people to suffer, for example a flood or fire b) used humorously about something …   English dictionary

  • calamity — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. catastrophe, disaster. See adversity, evil. Ant., blessing, benefit. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. disaster, cataclysm, distress, trial; see catastrophe , disaster , misfortune 1 , 2 , tragedy 2 . See… …   English dictionary for students

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