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adjectivecausing or involving calamity; disastrous: a calamitous defeat. Origin of calamitousFirst recorded in 1535–45; calamit(y) + -ous SYNONYMS FOR calamitouscatastrophic, ruinous, devastating. SEE SYNONYMS FOR calamitous ON THESAURUS.COM ANTONYMS FOR calamitousbeneficial, advantageous. SEE ANTONYMS FOR calamitous ON THESAURUS.COM OTHER WORDS FROM calamitousca·lam·i·tous·ly, adverbca·lam·i·tous·ness, nounun·ca·lam·i·tous, adjectiveun·ca·lam·i·tous·ly, adverbWords nearby calamitousCalamian Islands, calamine, calamine brass, calamint, calamite, calamitous, calamity, Calamity Jane, calamondin, calamus, calamus scriptorius Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for calamitousAs politicians, Clinton was capable where Ford was calamitous. How Rob Ford Could Win Reelection|Ivor Tossell|January 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST Thus far the one thing we know for sure: a calamitous plunge in voter turnout, down 7.3 points from 2008 levels. Italian Election News|David Frum|February 25, 2013|DAILY BEAST There are two more interviews that go similarly—and even a calamitous speech given by both Bert Rodriguezes. My Great Art-Hoax Experiment|Murray Miller|December 9, 2012|DAILY BEAST Forced sterilisation was by far the most calamitous exercise undertaken during the Emergency. Hold Onto Your Penis|David Frum, Justin Green|November 29, 2012|DAILY BEAST
A second world war, he believed, would have calamitous effects, including imperiling his own children. “The Patriarch”: Joseph Kennedy Sr.’s Outsized Life|Jacob Heilbrunn|November 21, 2012|DAILY BEAST At the end thereof a calamitous fate took him up and made him its toy. The Court of Boyville|William Allen White Were it not for the calamitous results which followed, the whole campaign might be called a "comedy of errors." The Second War with England, Vol. 1 of 2|J. T. Headley. George had seen Eugene only once since their calamitous encounter. The Magnificent Ambersons|Booth Tarkington Suppose we use this calamitous forenoon to choose the shapes we are to crystallise into? The Crown of Wild Olive|John Ruskin His mouth opened—remained open—then filled to capacity with a calamitous sound of grief not unmingled with apprehension.
British Dictionary definitions for calamitous
adjectivecausing, involving, or resulting in a calamity; disastrous Derived forms of calamitouscalamitously, adverbcalamitousness, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to calamitouslamentable, grievous, unfortunate, catastrophic, regrettable, devastating, heartbreaking, pernicious, adverse, cataclysmic, dire, deadly, unfavorable, ruinous, fatal, woeful, deplorable, harmful, messy, afflictive |