C2adjective · rare

calamitous

ca·la·mit·ous

calamitous · more calamitous · most calamitous

бідолашний

губительный

Causing or involving calamityCausing or involving calamity; disastrous.

/kəˈlæmɪtəs/

Meaning

2 senses

Causing or involving calamity; disastrous.
The city was struck by a calamitous cyclone.
губительныйgubitelʹnyj
бідола́шнийbidolášnyj
(obsolete)Of a person: involved in a calamity; hence, distressed, miserable.

More definitions

(of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin

Translations

7 languages

Українська

By meaning 1

causing or involving calamity — see also disastrous:

Русский

By meaning 1

causing or involving calamity — see also disastrous:

Origin

Borrowed from French calamiteux (“calamitous”) (see French -eux, English -ous), from Latin

Borrowed from French calamiteux (“calamitous”) (see French -eux, English -ous), from Latin calamitōsus (“destructive, disastrous, ruinous, calamitous”), a contraction of calamitātōsus, from calamitāt- + -ōsus (suffix meaning ‘full of; prone to’ forming adjectives from nouns); calamitāt- is the oblique stem of calamitās (“disaster, misfortune, calamity; damage, harm; loss”), from *calamis (“damaged”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kelh₂- (“to beat; to break”)) + -tās (suffix forming abstract nouns denoting a condition or state). By surface analysis, calamity + -ous.

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