catastrophic
English
Etymology
From catastrophe + -ic.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kætəˈstɹɒfɪk/
Audio (UK) (file) - Rhymes: -ɒfɪk
Adjective
catastrophic (comparative more catastrophic, superlative most catastrophic)
- Of or pertaining to a catastrophe.
- Disastrous; ruinous.
- 2009: Stuart Heritage, Hecklerspray, Friday the 22nd of May in 2009 at 1 o’clock p.m., “Jon & Kate Latest: People You Don’t Know Do Crap You Don’t Care About”
- The reason why Jon & Kate Plus 8 is such a hot topic is because it might all be a sham. It’s been claimed that Jon has a string of mistresses, that Kate had an affair with her bodyguard and that Baby Number Six is actually a shaved Ewok with a catastrophic heroin addiction. Or something.
- 2009: Stuart Heritage, Hecklerspray, Friday the 22nd of May in 2009 at 1 o’clock p.m., “Jon & Kate Latest: People You Don’t Know Do Crap You Don’t Care About”
- From which recovery is impossible.
- catastrophic failure
Synonyms
- catastrophal
Antonyms
- anastrophic
Derived terms
- catastrophically
- catastrophic failure
- catastrophic forgetting
- catastrophic interference
- catastrophic kill
- catastrophic mortality
- catastrophic moult
- megacatastrophic
- noncatastrophic
- postcatastrophic
- subcatastrophic
- uncatastrophic
Translations
of or pertaining to a catastrophe
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disastrous; ruinous
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