calamitous 音标拼音: [kəl'æmətəs]
a . 多灾难的,不幸的
多灾难的,不幸的
calamitous adj 1 : (
of events )
having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences ;
bringing ruin ; "
the stock market crashed on Black Friday "; "
a calamitous defeat "; "
the battle was a disastrous end to a disastrous campaign "; "
such doctrines ,
if true ,
would be absolutely fatal to my theory "-
Charles Darwin ; "
it is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it "-
Douglas MacArthur ; "
a fateful error " [
synonym : {
black }, {
calamitous }, {
disastrous },
{
fatal }, {
fateful }]
Calamitous \
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a . [
L .
Calamitosus ;
cf .
F .
calamiteux .]
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1913 Webster ]
1 .
Suffering calamity ;
wretched ;
miserable . [
Obs .]
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1913 Webster ]
Ten thousands of calamitous persons . --
South .
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2 .
Producing ,
or attended with distress and misery ;
making wretched ;
wretched ;
unhappy . "
This sad and calamitous condition ." --
South . "
A calamitous prison " --
Milton .
Syn :
Miserable ;
deplorable ;
distressful ;
afflictive ;
wretched ;
grievous ;
baleful ;
disastrous ;
adverse ;
unhappy ;
severe ;
sad ;
unfortunate . --
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adv . -- {
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n .
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1913 Webster ]
52 Moby Thesaurus words for "
calamitous ":
afflictive ,
awful ,
baneful ,
black ,
cataclysmal ,
cataclysmic ,
catastrophic ,
consuming ,
consumptive ,
deadly ,
demolishing ,
demolitionary ,
depredatory ,
desolating ,
destroying ,
destructive ,
devastating ,
dire ,
disastrous ,
distressful ,
distressing ,
doomful ,
dreadful ,
fatal ,
fateful ,
fratricidal ,
grievous ,
heartbreaking ,
internecine ,
lamentable ,
nihilist ,
nihilistic ,
pernicious ,
ravaging ,
regrettable ,
ruining ,
ruinous ,
self -
destructive ,
subversionary ,
subversive ,
suicidal ,
terrible ,
tragic ,
unfortunate ,
vandalic ,
vandalish ,
vandalistic ,
wasteful ,
wasting ,
withering ,
woeful ,
wreckful
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