Calamity

Quick meaning: Calamity is a noun meaning An event resulting in great loss.

Meaning

An event resulting in great loss.

More Meanings

1. The distress that results from some disaster.

Example Sentences

Romeo come forth / Come forth thou fearfull man, / Affliction is enamor’d of thy parts: / And thou art wedded to calamitie.

And the village was deserted, the huts gaped black, rotting, all askew within the fallen enclosures. A calamity had come to it, sure enough.

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.

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.

Word Forms

• calamities

Synonyms for calamity

Depending on context, synonyms include cataclysm, catastrophe, disaster, tragedy.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include catastrophe, disaster, cataclysm, tragedy, debacle, devastation.

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