单词	calamitous
释义	calamitous adjective ca·​lam·​i·​tous kə-ˈla-mə-təs  : being, causing, or accompanied by calamity calamitous events a calamitous earthquake calamitously adverb Synonyms cataclysmal cataclysmic catastrophic damning destructive disastrous fatal fateful ruinous unfortunate See all Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences the calamitous state of the nation's economy a calamitous decision to sell their products online exclusively ruined the business Recent Examples on the Web American troops stayed in the country for the next two decades before the calamitous withdrawal in August 2021. Fox News, 9 Sep. 2022 The combination of a skeletal workforce and a low worker recall rate proved calamitous. WIRED, 1 Sep. 2022 On Monday, parts of the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex awoke to torrential downpours that dropped totals of 10 to 16 inches, bringing calamitous impacts and prompting widespread water rescues. Matthew Cappucci, Anchorage Daily News, 23 Aug. 2022 Deadly heat waves, calamitous floods and catastrophic wildfires fueled by climate change have taken their toll here. Maxine Joselow, Washington Post, 16 Aug. 2022 Pharmaceutical companies and government officials failed to ensure that pregnant people were included in the early development of the COVID-19 vaccine, a calamitous decision made amid the urgency of a rapidly spreading pandemic. Duaa Eldeib, ProPublica, 4 Aug. 2022 Most of these Americans were in their 30s or 40s—the generation that came of age with the 9/11 wars, now reaching a calamitous end. George Packer, The Atlantic, 31 Jan. 2022 Lee Bond, Singing River’s chief executive, said the current surge was simply exacerbating a calamitous labor shortage that state hospital leaders and public health officials say will persist long after Omicron fades. New York Times, 23 Jan. 2022 In lofty language, the President tried to redirect the world’s focus away from the calamitous end to America’s longest war, in Afghanistan, and a recent bust-up with its most longstanding ally, France. Robin Wright, The New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2021 See More Word History Etymology see calamity First Known Use 1545, in the meaning defined above calamitous adjective 1 as in disastrous bringing about ruin or misfortune a calamitous decision to sell their products online exclusively ruined the business Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance disastrous fatal catastrophic unfortunate ruinous cataclysmic fateful destructive damning apocalyptic apocalyptical adverse luckless hapless damaging baneful injurious cataclysmal detrimental deleterious pernicious harmful ill-starred ill-fated evil noxious baleful prejudicial hurtful ill Antonyms & Near Antonyms fortuitous happy fortunate providential lucky fluky flukey propitious promising auspicious optimistic rosy hopeful golden bright fair encouraging upbeat heartening rose-colored See More 2 as in devastating causing or tending to cause destruction a calamitous flood that destroyed the town's central business district Synonyms & Similar Words devastating disastrous devastative destructive ruinous cataclysmic deadly fatal poisonous lethal fell murderous annihilatory cataclysmal virulent detrimental harmful deleterious pernicious baleful antibiotic deathly killer mortal pestilent biocidal vital Antonyms & Near Antonyms protective constructive nondestructive formative productive innocuous creative harmless useful innocent helpful healthful preservative wholesome healthy salubrious ameliorative inoffensive nonfatal nonlethal See More
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