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disaster
noun as in accident, trouble
Strongest matches
calamity, catastrophe, collapse, crash, debacle, defeat, emergency, failure, fiasco, flood, harm, hazard, holocaust, mishap, setback, tragedy, woe
Strong matches
adversity, affliction, bale, bane, blight, blow, bust, casualty, cataclysm, collision, depression, exigency, fall, flop, grief, misadventure, mischance, misfortune, reverse, rock, rough, ruin, ruination, stroke, undoing, upset, washout
Weak matches
act of God, bad luck, bad news, bad thing, fell stroke, hard luck, hot water, ill luck, the worst
Example Sentences
His body was recovered from the Atlantic days after the disaster and among his possessions was an 18 carat gold Jules Jurgensen pocket watch.
The leaders also called for efforts to reform international financial systems to help low-income countries cope with their debt, which was hindering development and eating into investments into infrastructure, disaster resilience, healthcare and education.
Natural disasters have left 279 people dead or missing in Vietnam and caused more than $2 billion in damage between January and October, according to the national statistics office.
The movie’s verisimilitude may trigger some Los Angeles viewers who know all too well the pain of recovering from a natural disaster.
He says he was “a complete disaster,” struggling to read the rhythm of the room.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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