used to form nouns referring to a situation that is extremely and unusually bad, especially one that is exaggerated by the media. For example, a very bad traffic jam might be referred to as ‘carmageddon’.
During snowmageddon, our power was out for a week.
Synonyms and related words
Suffixes
-ability
-able
-aholic
-mageddon
suffixoften humorous
US /məˈged(ə)n/
DEFINITIONS1
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used to form nouns referring to a situation that is extremely and unusually bad, especially one that is exaggerated by the media. For example, a very bad traffic jam might be referred to as ‘carmageddon’.
During snowmageddon, our power was out for a week.