What are some alternative words for calamity?
Synonyms for calamity
kəˈlæm ɪ ti
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Princeton's WordNet
calamity, catastrophe, disaster, tragedy, cataclysm(noun)
an event resulting in great loss and misfortune
"the whole city was affected by the irremediable calamity"; "the earthquake was a disaster"
Synonyms:
disaster, catastrophe, tragedy, cataclysm
English Synonyms and Antonyms
calamity
An accident is that which happens without any one's direct intention; a chance that which happens without any known cause. If the direct cause of a railroad accident is known, we can not call it a chance. To the theist there is, in strictness, no chance, all things being by divine causation and control; but chance is spoken of where no special cause is manifest: "By chance there came down a certain priest that way," Luke x, 31. We can speak of a game of chance, but not of a game of accident. An incident is viewed as occurring in the regular course of things, but subordinate to the main purpose, or aside from the main design. Fortune is the result of inscrutable controlling forces. Fortune and chance are nearly equivalent, but chance can be used of human effort and endeavor as fortune can not be; we say "he has a chance of success," or "there is one chance in a thousand," where we could not substitute fortune; as personified, Fortune is regarded as having a fitful purpose, Chance as purposeless; we speak of fickle Fortune, blind Chance; "Fortune favors the brave." The slaughter of men is an incident of battle; unexpected defeat, the fortune of war. Since the unintended is often the undesirable, accident tends to signify some calamity or disaster, unless the contrary is expressed, as when we say a fortunate or happy accident. An adventure is that which may turn out ill, a misadventure that which does turn out ill. A slight disturbing accident is a mishap. Compare EVENT; HAZARD.
Synonyms:
accident, adventure, casualty, chance, contingency, disaster, fortuity, hap, happening, hazard, incident, misadventure, misfortune, mishap, possibilityAntonyms:
appointment, calculation, certainty, decree, fate, foreordination, intention, law, necessity, ordainment, ordinance, plan, preparation, provision, purposePreposition:
The accident of birth; an accident to the machinery.
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
calamity
Synonyms:
disaster, misfortune, mishap, catastrophe, misadventure, trouble, visitation, affliction, reverse, blight
Dictionary of English Synonymes
calamity(n.)
Synonyms:
disaster, misfortune, catastrophe, mishap, mischance, reverse, visitation, trial, blow, stroke, trouble, affliction, adversity, distress, hardship, casualty, ill luck, ill fortune
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
calamity(n)
Synonyms:
disaster, catastrophe, misfortune, casualty, reverse, adversity, mischance
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "calamity":
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#1885 | chance | |
#2310 | adventure | |
#3124 | trouble | |
#3815 | reverse | |
#3865 | accident | |
#4134 | disaster | |
#4175 | possibility | |
#4926 | incident | |
#5437 | happening | |
#7304 | hazard | |
#9367 | tragedy | |
#11618 | curse | |
#13105 | casualty | |
#14434 | contingency | |
#15960 | visitation | |
#20424 | catastrophe | |
#25403 | hap | |
#27794 | blight | |
#31190 | misfortune | |
#34052 | calamity | |
#37535 | affliction | |
#43262 | mishap | |
#81876 | misadventure | |
#84068 | cataclysm |
How to use calamity in a sentence?
There is no calamity greater than lavish desires. There is no greater guilt than discontentment. And there is not greater disaster than greed.
Circumspection in calamity; mercy in greatness; good speeches in assemblies; fortitude in adversity: these are the self-attained perfections of great souls.
There is no calamity which a great nation can invite which equals that which follows a supine submission to wrong and injustice and the consequent loss of national self-respect and honor, beneath which are shielded and defended a people's safety and greatness.
It is an easy thing for one whose foot is on the outside of calamity to give advice and to rebuke the sufferer. motivational quotes
Have the courage to be ignorant of a great number of things, in order to avoid the calamity of being ignorant of everything.
Translations for calamity
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- بلأArabic
- нещастие, бедствиеBulgarian
- kalamitaCzech
- Unheil, Kalamität, UnglückGerman
- katastrofo, plagoEsperanto
- calamidadSpanish
- suuronnettomuus, suurtuhoFinnish
- calamitéFrench
- आपदाHindi
- vészHungarian
- kalamitatoIdo
- calamitàItalian
- 災難, 災い, 災厄Japanese
- უბედურებაGeorgian
- 재난Korean
- calamiteitDutch
- kalamitetNorwegian
- calamidadePortuguese
- calamitate, flagel, calamitățiRomanian
- бедствие, катастрофа, беда, несчастьеRussian
- katastrof, tragediSwedish
- பேரிடர்Tamil
- бідиUkrainian
- مصیبتUrdu
- tai hoạVietnamese
- damifätVolapük
- 災害Chinese
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