Definition of calamity Calamity
/kʌlæˈmʌti/ - [kulatmutee] - ca•lam•i•ty
We found 8 definitions of calamity from 6 different sources.
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What does calamity mean?
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NounPlural: calamities |
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| calamity - an event resulting in great loss and misfortune; "the whole city was affected by the irremediable calamity"; "the earthquake was a disaster" | ||
| catastrophe, disaster, tragedy, cataclysm | ||
| misfortune, bad luck unnecessary and unforeseen trouble resulting from an unfortunate event | ||
| act of god, force majeure, inevitable accident, unavoidable casualty, vis major a natural and unavoidable catastrophe that interrupts the expected course of events; "he discovered that his house was not insured against acts of God" | ||
| apocalypse a cosmic cataclysm in which God destroys the ruling powers of evil | ||
| famine a severe shortage of food (as through crop failure) resulting in violent hunger and starvation and death | ||
| kiss of death something that is ruinous; "if this were known it would be the kiss of death for my political career" | ||
| meltdown a disaster comparable to a nuclear meltdown; "there is little likelihood of a meltdown comparable to the American banking collapse in March 1933" | ||
| plague an annoyance; "those children are a damn plague" | ||
| visitation an official visit for inspection or supervision; "the commissioner made visitations to all the precinct stations"; "the recent visitation of the bishop to his diocese" | ||
| tidal wave a wave resulting from the periodic flow of the tides that is caused by the gravitational attraction of the moon and sun | ||
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Wiktionary 
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- calamity (n.)
Any great misfortune or cause of misery; -- generally applied to events or disasters which produce extensive evil, either to communities or individuals. - calamity (n.)
A state or time of distress or misfortune; misery.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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calamity
An event resulting in great loss and or distress.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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calamity
kal-am′i-ti, n. a great misfortune: affliction.—adj. Calam′itous, making wretched, disastrous.—adv. Calam′itously, in a calamitous manner.—n. Calam′itousness, the quality of producing distress: distress: misery. [Fr. calamité—L. calamitat-em.]
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🔤- calamity, noun, singular of calamities.
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