calamity

Meaning

1. An event resulting in great loss.
2. The distress that results from some disaster.

Synonyms

disaster

misfortune

catastrophe

accident

evil

cataclysm

trouble

distress

adversity

affliction

ruin

danger

❗

mishap

destruction

suffering

disasater

plague

tragedy

mistake

bad luck

difficulty

havoc

sickness

scourge

crash

devastation

misery

great danger

heaviness

harm

smashup

debacle

natural disaster

ruination

wrack

emergency

dry

dream

😴💭

crookedness

monster

doomsday

bane

misadventure

loss

buskin

ill luck

hecatomb

destitution

desolation

bother

Translations

Unglück

désastre

calamidad

calamité

Katastrophe

calamità

catastrophe

ramp

catàstrofe

catástrofe

onheil

calamidade

catastrofe

catástrofe

Unheil

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kəˈlæmɪti/

Etymology

From Middle French calamité, from Latin calamitās (“loss, damage; disaster”).