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Synonyms for catastrophe
kəˈtæs trə ficatas·tro·phe

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English Synonyms and Antonyms4.9 / 7 votes

  1. catastrophe

    A cataclysm or catastrophe is some great convulsion or momentous event that may or may not be a cause of misery to man. In calamity, or disaster, the thought of human suffering is always present. It has been held by many geologists that numerous catastrophes or cataclysms antedated the existence of man. In literature, the final event of a drama is the catastrophe, or denouement. Misfortune ordinarily suggests less of suddenness and violence than calamity or disaster, and is especially applied to that which is lingering or enduring in its effects. In history, the end of every great war or the fall of a nation is a catastrophe, tho it may not be a calamity. Yet such an event, if not a calamity to the race, will always involve much individual disaster and misfortune. Pestilence is a calamity; a defeat in battle, a shipwreck, or a failure in business is a disaster; sickness or loss of property is a misfortune; failure to meet a friend is a mischance; the breaking of a teacup is a mishap.

    Synonyms:
    calamity, cataclysm, denouement, disaster, mischance, misfortune, mishap, sequel

    Antonyms:
    benefit, blessing, boon, comfort, favor, help, pleasure, privilege, prosperity, success

    Preposition:
    The catastrophe of a play; of a siege; rarely, to a person, etc.

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms4.5 / 4 votes

  1. catastrophe

    Synonyms:
    revolution, disaster, calamity, misfortune, misadventure, reverse, blow, visitation

    Antonyms:
    blessing, victory, triumph, felicitation, achievement, ovation, success, godsend

Princeton's WordNet2.0 / 3 votes

  1. calamity, catastrophe, disaster, tragedy, cataclysmnoun

    an event resulting in great loss and misfortune

    "the whole city was affected by the irremediable calamity"; "the earthquake was a disaster"

    Synonyms:
    disaster, tragedy, calamity, cataclysm

  2. catastrophe, disasternoun

    a state of extreme (usually irremediable) ruin and misfortune

    "lack of funds has resulted in a catastrophe for our school system"; "his policies were a disaster"

    Synonyms:
    disaster, tragedy, calamity, cataclysm

  3. catastrophe, cataclysmnoun

    a sudden violent change in the earth's surface

    Synonyms:
    disaster, tragedy, calamity, cataclysm

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. catastrophenoun

    Synonyms:
    upshot, issue, consummation, conclusion, termination, denouement, FINALE, winding up, finishing stroke, final event

  2. catastrophenoun

    Synonyms:
    CALAMITY, disaster, misfortune, mishap, mischance

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. catastrophenoun

    Synonyms:
    disaster, calamity

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "catastrophe":

    disaster, calamity, disasters, tragedy, nakba

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#246182mischance

How to use catastrophe in a sentence?

  1. County Attorney Thomas E. Humbach:

    Rockland County Executive Ed Day is Rockland County Executive Ed Day that waiting for a medical catastrophe is ill advised, particularly given the fact that we can see it coming.

  2. Dudley Kingsnorth:

    This is the major issue facing the industry today, and unless this is controlled, it will bring catastrophe for a long time.

  3. Khaled Al Milaji:

    Yesterday's attack was a horrible catastrophe and a mark of absence of accountability in the international community.

  4. Greta Thunberg:

    The climate is not going to collapse because some party got the most votes. The politics that’s needed to prevent the climate catastrophe—it doesn’t exist today. We need to change the system, as if we were in crisis, as if there were a war going on.”

  5. David Barber:

    Obamacare is a catastrophe because it's horribly expensive, the government keeps giving and giving and giving, and it's got to stop somewhere.


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