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calamitous
Calamitous (adj) means Extremely damaging or disastrous.
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1
Extremely damaging or disastrous.
"The city was struck by a calamitous cyclone."
2
Describes someone who has been through a disaster and is left unhappy and in a bad way.
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Etymology
Borrowed from French calamiteux (“calamitous”) (see French -eux, English -ous), from Latin calamitōsus (“destructive, disastrous, ruinous, calamitous”), a contraction of calamitātōsus, from calamitāt- + -ōsus (suffix meaning ‘full of; prone to’ forming adjectives from nouns); calamitāt- is the oblique stem of calamitās (“disaster, misfortune, calamity; damage, harm; loss”), from *calamis (“damaged”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kelh₂- (“to beat; to break”)) + -tās (suffix forming abstract nouns denoting a condition or state). By surface analysis, calamity + -ous.
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What is the meaning of calamitous?
"calamitous" (adj) means extremely damaging or disastrous.
What is another word for calamitous?
Other words for "calamitous" include black, disastrous, fatal, fateful.
What is the opposite of calamitous?
Opposites of "calamitous" include felicitous, propitious, fortunate, favorable, auspicious.
What are the different meanings of calamitous?
"calamitous" has 2 main meanings: 1. Extremely damaging or disastrous; 2. Describes someone who has been through a disaster and is left unhappy and in a bad way.
