calamitous

calamitous

English

Etymology

From French calamiteux. English calamity +‎ -ous.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kəˈlæmɪtəs/

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Adjective

calamitous (comparative more calamitous, superlative most calamitous)

1. Concerning or involving calamity, disastrous.

   The city was struck by a calamitous cyclone.

   • 2017 October 14, Tom Phillips, “Chairman Xi crushes dissent but poor believe he’s making China great”, in The Guardian‎:

     For critics, foremost among them liberal intellectuals and human rights activists, Xi’s first term has proved calamitous.

Synonyms

• destructive
• fatal

Related terms

• calamity
• calamitously

Translations

concerning or involving calamity, disastrous

Bulgarian: гибелен (bg) (gibelen), пагубен (bg) (paguben), свързан с бедствие (svǎrzan s bedstvie) Catalan: calamitós Finnish: tuhoisa (fi), katastrofaalinen French: calamiteux (fr) Galician: calamitoso Georgian: დამღუპველი (damɣuṗveli), დამაქცევარი (damakcevari) Italian: calamitoso (it) Latin: calamitōsus Portuguese: calamitoso (pt) Russian: губительный (ru) (gubitelʹnyj) Spanish: calamitoso (es)