English adjective: calamitous | |||
1. | calamitous (of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin | ||
Samples | The stock market crashed on Black Friday. A calamitous defeat. The battle was a disastrous end to a disastrous campaign. Such doctrines, if true, would be absolutely fatal to my theory. It is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it. A fateful error. | ||
Synonyms | black, disastrous, fatal, fateful | ||
Similar | unfortunate | ||
Antonyms | fortunate | ||