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Antonyms for calamitous


Grammar : Adj
Spell : kuh-lam-i-tuhs
Phonetic Transcription : kəˈlæm ɪ təs



Definition of calamitous

Origin :
  • 1540s, from French calamiteux (16c.), from Latin calamitosus "causing loss, destructive," from calamitas (see calamity). Related: Calamitously; calamitousness.
  • adj disastrous; tragic
Example sentences :
  • But, as to France, I have no doubt in saying that to her it will be calamitous.
  • Extract from : « Patrick Henry » by Moses Coit Tyler
  • The most sanguine could not but fear that we were entering a calamitous period.
  • Extract from : « Life and Work in Benares and Kumaon, 1839-1877 » by James Kennedy
  • Nor did the calamitous consequences of this event thus terminate.
  • Extract from : « Coronation Anecdotes » by Giles Gossip
  • Sire, I ask your majesty's pardon for the calamitous news which I bring.
  • Extract from : « Notre-Dame de Paris » by Victor Hugo
  • That was in the ardor of youth, Waterman; it was a calamitous mistake.
  • Extract from : « Otherwise Phyllis » by Meredith Nicholson
  • This is entirely untrue, and if true the fact would be calamitous.
  • Extract from : « History of Woman Suffrage, Volume III (of III) » by Various
  • Otherwise the future of the body seems brief and calamitous.
  • Extract from : « The Expositor's Bible: The First Epistle to the Corinthians » by Marcus Dods
  • As for that calamitous woman who, in her folly, gave her sons Fol.
  • Extract from : « The Bbur-nma in English » by Babur, Emperor of Hindustan
  • In the one case the result had been catastrophic; in the other, calamitous.
  • Extract from : « The Monster » by Edgar Saltus
  • The calamitous event is as little to be accounted for, as it is deeply to be deplored.
  • Extract from : « Modern Flirtations » by Catherine Sinclair

Synonyms for calamitous

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