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Webster 1913 Edition


Calamitous

Ca-lam′i-tous

,
Adj.
[L.
Calamitosus
; cf. F.
calamiteux
.]
1.
Suffering calamity; wretched; miserable.
[Obs.]
Ten thousands of
calamitous
persons.
South.
Ca-lam′i-tous-ly
,
adv.
Ca-lam′i-tous-ness
,
Noun.

Webster 1828 Edition


Calamitous

CALAMITOUS

,
Adj.
1.
Very miserable; involved in deep distress; oppressed with infelicity; wretched from misfortune; applied to men.
2.
Producing distress and misery; making wretched; applied to external circumstances; as a calamitous event.
3.
Full of misery; distressful; wretched; applied to state or condition.

Definition 2024


calamitous

calamitous

English

Adjective

calamitous (comparative more calamitous, superlative most calamitous)

  1. Concerning or involving calamity, disastrous.
    The city was struck by a calamitous cyclone.

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