Calamity Definition

kə-lămĭ-tē
calamities
noun
calamities
Deep trouble or misery.
Webster's New World
Any extreme misfortune bringing great loss and sorrow; disaster.
Webster's New World
Dire distress resulting from loss or tragedy.
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Other Word Forms of Calamity

Noun

Singular:
calamity
Plural:
calamities

Origin of Calamity

  • From Middle French calamité, from Latin calamitās (“loss, damage; disaster”), from clāmāre (“to shout, proclaim, declare, cry out”).

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English calamite from Old French from Latin calamitās

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Calamity Sentence Examples

  • Public calamity was added to private bereavement.

  • It suffered severe calamity from an earthquake, which in 1839 destroyed the greater part of the city.

  • His death was the great calamity of Scotland, and is lamented in a famous fragment of early Scottish verse.

  • It still depends on Your Majesty to preserve humanity from the calamity of another war.

  • Let the time " (fl y; see Septuagint) " of their calamity come!

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Words Starting With

CCACAL

Words Ending With

YTYITY

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Words Starting With C and Ending With Y

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8 Letter Words8 Letter Words Starting With C8 Letter Words Ending With Y