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calamitous
adjective ca·lam·i·tous \kə-ˈla-mə-təs\
: causing great harm or suffering
Full Definition of CALAMITOUS
: being, causing, or accompanied by calamity <calamitous events>
— ca·lam·i·tous·ly adverb
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First Known Use of CALAMITOUS
1545
Related to CALAMITOUS
- Synonyms
- fatal, cataclysmal (or cataclysmic), catastrophic, damning, destructive, disastrous, fateful, ruinous, unfortunate
- Antonyms
- nondestructive
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