adjective · rare

apocalyptic

апокалиптический

apokalyptisch

Of or relating to an apocalypseOf or relating to an apocalypse: Revelatory; prophetic.

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/əˈpɒ.kə.lɪp.tɪk/

» He described the current situation as apocalyptic.

Meaning

4 senses

Of or relating to an apocalypse:
(not comparable)Revelatory; prophetic.
apokalyptisch, apokalyptisch
апокалипти́ческийapokaliptíčeskij
prophetic of devastation or ultimate doom
(figuratively, not comparable)Catastrophic; disastrous.
(not comparable)Portending a future apocalypse (disaster, devastation, or doom).
apokalyptisch, apokalyptisch
(not comparable)Catachresis for apoplectic.
He was apocalyptically furious.

Examples

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He described the current situation as apocalyptic.
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The film is set in a post-apocalyptic, dystopian future.
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A disaster of apocalyptic proportions is unfolding and we're supposed to just sit and keep silent.
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In some areas, ash is a meter deep, and it has given the normally green and lush island an apocalyptic appearance.
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I feel that I am living in a post-apocalyptic Hollywood movie.
deEs kommt mir so vor, als lebte ich in einem postapokalyptischen Hollywoodfilm. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
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Translations

7 languages

Русский

By meaning 1

of or relating to an apocalypse:

Deutsch

By meaning 1

relating to a revelation, revelatory, prophetic:

Origin

Borrowed from Latin apocalypticus, from Ancient Greek ἀποκαλυπτικός (apokaluptikós, “revel

Borrowed from Latin apocalypticus, from Ancient Greek ἀποκαλυπτικός (apokaluptikós, “revelatory”), from ἀποκάλυψις (apokálupsis, “revelation”), from ἀποκαλύπτω (apokalúptō, “to reveal, uncover”).

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