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Definition of Calamitous
1. Adjective. (of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin. "A fateful error"
Similar to: Unfortunate
Derivative terms: Calamity, Disaster
Definition of Calamitous
1. a. Suffering calamity; wretched; miserable.
Definition of Calamitous
1. Adjective. Concerning or involving calamity, disastrous. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Calamitous
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Calamitous
Literary usage of Calamitous
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for by Edmund Burke (1817)
"calamitous statt of Europe in general, and its Cause. ... This calamitous state
of things must have been wholly unforeseen by those who direct its councils, ..."
2. Reflections on the Revolution in France: And on the Proceedings in Certain by Edmund Burke (1790)
"calamitous no <c doubt will that time fee. $ut what convul- " fion in the political
world ought to be a fub- " jecl of lamentation, if it be attended with ..."
3. The Writings of Thomas Jefferson by Thomas Jefferson (1895)
"Never in my opinion, was so calamitous an appointment made, as that of the present
Minister of F. here. ..."
4. The Writings of Thomas Jefferson by Thomas Jefferson (1895)
"Never in my opinion, was so calamitous an appointment made, as that of the present
Minister of F. here. ..."
5. The English Works of Thomas Hobbes of Malmesbury by Thomas ( Hobbes (1843)
"and most calamitous to the vanquished. For being wholly overcome in every kind,
and receiving small loss in nothing, their army, and fleet, and all [that ..."
6. View of the State of Europe During the Middle Ages by Henry Hallam (1822)
"... French Kings — Accession of Pepin— State of Italy— Charlemagne — His Reign
and Character — Louis the Debonair — His Successors — calamitous State of the ..."
7. View of the State of Europe During the Middle Ages by Henry Hallam (1866)
"... of Italy — Charlemagne — His Reign and Character — Louis the Debonair — His
Successors — calamitous State of the Empire in the ninth and tenth Centuries ..."
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