What does calamity mean?
Calamity means An event resulting in great loss..
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/kəˈlæmɪti/ · noun
An event resulting in great loss..
Romeo come forth / Come forth thou fearfull man, / Affliction is enamor’d of thy parts: / And thou art wedded to calamitie.
Yet, at that moment, she felt as if the acquisition of these gems were a calamity. Their possession involved separation from her uncle, from every relic of home affections, and from all that yet lingered with her of her childhood.
And the village was deserted, the huts gaped black, rotting, all askew within the fallen enclosures. A calamity had come to it, sure enough.
They were behind twice, first in the 11th minute when James Morrison scored a goal that was a personal calamity for Hart, and then four minutes into the second half when Kenny Miller eluded Gary Cahill to score with a splendid left-foot drive.
Use calamity when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Calamity means An event resulting in great loss..
Common synonyms include cataclysm, catastrophe, disaster, tragedy.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Romeo come forth / Come forth thou fearfull man, / Affliction is enamor’d of thy parts: / And thou art wedded to calamitie.
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