Synonyms for calamitous

Grammar : Adj

Spell : kuh-lam-i-tuhs

Phonetic Transcription : kəˈlæm ɪ təs

Top 10 synonyms for calamitous

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Définition of calamitous

Origin : 1540s, from French calamiteux (16c.), from Latin calamitosus "causing loss, destructive," from calamitas (see calamity). Related: Calamitously; calamitousness.

adj disastrous; tragic

Example sentences :

But, as to France, I have no doubt in saying that to her it will be calamitous.
Extract from : « Patrick Henry » by Moses Coit Tyler

The most sanguine could not but fear that we were entering a calamitous period.
Extract from : « Life and Work in Benares and Kumaon, 1839-1877 » by James Kennedy

Nor did the calamitous consequences of this event thus terminate.
Extract from : « Coronation Anecdotes » by Giles Gossip

Sire, I ask your majesty's pardon for the calamitous news which I bring.
Extract from : « Notre-Dame de Paris » by Victor Hugo

That was in the ardor of youth, Waterman; it was a calamitous mistake.
Extract from : « Otherwise Phyllis » by Meredith Nicholson

This is entirely untrue, and if true the fact would be calamitous.
Extract from : « History of Woman Suffrage, Volume III (of III) » by Various

Otherwise the future of the body seems brief and calamitous.
Extract from : « The Expositor's Bible: The First Epistle to the Corinthians » by Marcus Dods

As for that calamitous woman who, in her folly, gave her sons Fol.
Extract from : « The Bbur-nma in English » by Babur, Emperor of Hindustan

In the one case the result had been catastrophic; in the other, calamitous.
Extract from : « The Monster » by Edgar Saltus

The calamitous event is as little to be accounted for, as it is deeply to be deplored.
Extract from : « Modern Flirtations » by Catherine Sinclair

Antonyms for calamitous

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