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Apocalyptic

adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of or relating to an apocalypse:; Revelatory; prophetic. not-comparable

    "Let him go and make, and burn, a pile or two [of bricks] with his own hands; he will thereby receive apocalyptic visions of a nature novel to his soul."

  2. 2
    Of or relating to an apocalypse:; Catastrophic; disastrous. figuratively, not-comparable

    "For the first time since the show began, a sense of utter loneliness overwhelmed me, a bitter despair at the uselessness of individual effort in this gigantic tragedy of apocalyptic destruction."

  3. 3
    Portending a future apocalypse (disaster, devastation, or doom). not-comparable

    "Submissions on the part of gay teachers and students and organizations were countered by apocalyptic denunciations on the part of Bible-toting mothers and fathers expertly organized by the right."

  4. 4
    Catachresis for apoplectic. not-comparable

    "He was apocalyptically furious."

Adjective
  1. 1
    prophetic of devastation or ultimate doom wordnet
  2. 2
    of or relating to an apocalypse wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    One who predicts apocalypse.

Etymology

Etymology 1

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

Etymology 2

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

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