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The meaning of CALAMITY is a disastrous event marked by great loss and lasting distress and suffering. How to use calamity in a sentence.
a serious accident or bad event causing damage or suffering: A series of calamities ruined them - floods, a failed harvest, and the death of a son. Synonyms. cataclysm literary. catastrophe. crisis. disaster. emergency. tragedy. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Accidents and disasters. accidentally on purpose idiom.
noun Word forms: plural -ties. 1. a great misfortune or disaster, as a flood or serious injury. 2. grievous affliction; adversity; misery. the calamity of war. SYNONYMS 1. reverse, blow, catastrophe, cataclysm; mischance, mishap. See disaster.
noun [ C ] us / kəˈlæm.ə.t̬i / uk / kəˈlæm.ə.ti /. Add to word list. a serious accident or bad event causing damage or suffering: A series of calamities ruined them - floods, a failed harvest, and the death of a son. Synonyms. cataclysm literary. catastrophe.
1. a disaster or misfortune, esp one causing extreme havoc, distress, or misery. 2. a state or feeling of deep distress or misery. [C15: from French calamité, from Latin calamitās; related to Latin incolumis uninjured]
noun. an event resulting in great loss and misfortune. “the whole city was affected by the irremediable calamity ”. synonyms: cataclysm, catastrophe, disaster, tragedy. see more. a natural and unavoidable catastrophe that interrupts the expected course of events.
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