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1. calamitous
adjective. ['kəˈlæmətəs'] (of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin.
Synonyms
Antonyms
Etymology
- -ous (English)
- calamity (English)
Rhymes with Calamitous
- circuitous
- duplicitous
- felicitous
- fortuitous
- gratuitous
- momentous
- portentous
- precipitous
- riotous
- serendipitous
- solicitous
- ubiquitous
Quotes about calamitous
1. You have to take your own bold approach, and if you do you will be rewarded with success. Or calamitous failure. That can happen too.
- Steven Moffat
2. It is our attitude toward events, not events themselves, which we can control. Nothing is by its own nature calamitous -- even death is terrible only if we fear it.
- Epictetus