calamity

noundisaster; tragedy

Synonyms for calamity

noun disaster; tragedy

Antonyms for calamity

affliction

noun. hurt condition; something that causes hurt

Word Origin & History

early 15c., from Middle French calamite (14c.), from Latin calamitatem (nominative calamitas) "damage, loss, failure; disaster, misfortune, adversity," origin obscure. Early etymologists associated it with calamus "straw" (see shawm); but it is perhaps from a lost root preserved in incolumis "uninjured," from PIE *kle-mo-, from base *kel- "to strike, cut" (see hilt).

Example Sentences for calamity

Oh, Colonel, help me to guard against so dreadful a calamity.

Decidedly, Dick had been a godsend, and his absence would be a calamity.

Three things have happened, either one of which would alone have been a calamity.

Doubtless posterity has acquired a better city by the calamity of that generation.

What horrible thing, what calamity that frightened my soul to think of, had fallen on me?

Every trail has its end, and every calamity brings its lesson!

An ominous leave-taking was his, and calamity was there to greet him home again.

One moment of heedless inconsideration may plunge thee in years of calamity.

The chearfulness of innocence supported her under every calamity.

Dazed I was, to be sure, scarce comprehending the calamity that had befallen us.

calamity

Synonyms for calamity

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adversities

adversity

affliction

bane

blow

calamity

Synonyms for calamity

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