calamity[noun]Synonyms: disaster, cataclysm, catastrophe, misadventure, misfortune, mishap, ruin, tragedy, tribulation
Antonyms: boon
Contrasted words: fortune, luck, benefaction, favor, gift
Related Words: collapse,
ruin,
wreck,
affliction,
cross,
trial,
tribulation,
visitation [TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
ca‧lam‧i‧ty /kəˈlæməti, kəˈlæmɪti/
noun (
plural calamities)
[countable][
Date: 1300-1400;
Language: Old French;
Origin: calamité, from Latin calamitas]
a terrible and unexpected event that causes a lot of damage or suffering
Synonym : disaster:
It will be a calamity for farmers if the crops fail again.—calamitous adjective [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲