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• cataclysmal — adj. disastrous, catastrophic, dreadful; pertaining to a natural disaster …   English contemporary dictionary

• cataclysmal — cataclysmique [ kataklismik ] adj. • 1863; de cataclysme ♦ Didact. 1 ♦ Géol. Qui fait intervenir le bouleversement causé par un cataclysme. Théorie cataclysmique de la formation de l écorce terrestre. 2 ♦ Qui a le caractère d un cataclysme. ⇒… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

• cataclysm — [kat′ə kliz΄əm] n. [L cataclysmos < Gr kataklysmos < kataklyzein < kata , down + klyzein, to wash: for IE base see CLOACA] 1. a great flood; deluge 2. any great upheaval, as an earthquake or a war, that causes sudden and violent changes …   English World dictionary

• adverse — adj 1. antagonistic, hostile, belligerent, bellicose, pugnacious; averse, unfriendly, uncongenial; antipathetic, antipathetical, repugnant, oppugnant, irreconcilable; injurious, inimical, pernicious, noxious, harmful, hurtful, afflictive,… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

• afflictive — adj 1. distressing, distressful, painful; tormenting, torturing, torturous, vexing, vexatious, plaguing, harassing, troubling. 2. sad, sorrowful, woeful, mournful, doleful, dolorous; grievous, sore, hard to bear or take; severe, hard, heavy, Sl.… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

• calamitous — adj 1. catastrophic, cataclysmic, cataclysmal, tragic, disastrous, ruinous; destructive, destroying, devastating, withering, demolishing, ravaging, desolating. 2. fatal, dire, black, ill starred, ill fated, star crossed; inauspicious,… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

• disastrous — adj 1. catastrophic, calamitous, cataclysmic, cataclysmal; ruinous, destructive, destroying, devastating, demolishing; ravaging, desolating, blighting, withering; harrowing, dire, black, fatal. 2. crushing, disheartening; grievous, sore, hard to… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

• cataclysmique — [ kataklismik ] adj. • 1863; de cataclysme ♦ Didact. 1 ♦ Géol. Qui fait intervenir le bouleversement causé par un cataclysme. Théorie cataclysmique de la formation de l écorce terrestre. 2 ♦ Qui a le caractère d un cataclysme. ⇒ désastreux,… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

• cataclysme — [ kataklism ] n. m. • cataclisme av. 1553; lat. cataclysmos, gr. kataklusmos « inondation » 1 ♦ Bouleversement de la surface du globe, causé par un phénomène naturel destructeur (tremblement de terre, cyclone, etc.). ⇒ catastrophe, désastre. « si …   Encyclopédie Universelle

• cataclysm — n. 1 a a violent, esp. social or political, upheaval or disaster. b a great change. 2 a great flood or deluge. Derivatives: cataclysmal adj. cataclysmic adj. cataclysmically adv. Etymology: F cataclysme f. L cataclysmus f. Gk kataklusmos f.… …   Useful english dictionary

• cataclysmic — cataclysmically, adv. /kat euh kliz mik/, adj. 1. of, pertaining to, or resulting from a cataclysm. 2. of the nature of, or having the effect of, a cataclysm: cataclysmic changes. Also, cataclysmal. [1850 55; CATACLYSM + IC] * * * …   Universalium