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ca·lam·i·tous
 calamitous
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- pronunciation:
- k
lae
m
tihs
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adjective |
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causing or involving great loss and misery; disastrous.
They had a calamitous impact on this town.- synonyms:
- catastrophic, disastrous, tragic
- similar words:
- costly, destructive, fatal, ruinous, violent
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| related words: |
deadly |
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| derivations: |
calamitously (adv.), calamitousness (n.) |
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