Calamity

//kəˈlæmɪti//

Synonyms for "calamity" (86 found)

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Noun(1 words)
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Related words (43)

Noun(2 words)
sorrowtragedy

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Translations

116 translations across 51 languages.

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Ancient Greek

3 entries
  • περίπτωμα noun (event resulting in great loss)
  • πῆμα noun (event resulting in great loss)
  • συμφορά noun (event resulting in great loss)

Arabic

3 entries
  • بَلَاء noun (event resulting in great loss)
  • بُؤْس noun (event resulting in great loss)
  • مُصِيبَة noun (event resulting in great loss)

Armenian

1 entries
  • աղետ noun (event resulting in great loss)

Azerbaijani

3 entries
  • faciə noun (event resulting in great loss)
  • fəlakət noun (event resulting in great loss)
  • müsibət noun (event resulting in great loss)

Belarusian

4 entries
  • бе́дства noun (event resulting in great loss)
  • бяда́ noun (event resulting in great loss)
  • катастро́фа noun (event resulting in great loss)
  • няшча́сце noun (event resulting in great loss)

Bulgarian

3 entries
  • бе́дствие noun (event resulting in great loss)
  • катастро́фа noun (event resulting in great loss)
  • неща́стие noun (distress that results from some disaster)

Catalan

1 entries
  • calamitat noun (event resulting in great loss)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries
  • 災難 /灾难 noun (event resulting in great loss)
  • 災難 /灾难 noun (distress that results from some disaster)

Church Slavic

2 entries
  • бѣдьство noun (event resulting in great loss)
  • ⰱⱑⰴⱐⱄⱅⰲⱁ noun (event resulting in great loss)

Czech

4 entries
  • kalamita noun (event resulting in great loss)
  • katastrofa noun (event resulting in great loss)
  • neštěstí noun (event resulting in great loss)
  • pohroma noun (event resulting in great loss)

Dutch

1 entries
  • calamiteit noun (event resulting in great loss)

Esperanto

2 entries
  • katastrofo noun (event resulting in great loss)
  • plago noun (event resulting in great loss)

Finnish

2 entries
  • suuronnettomuus noun (event resulting in great loss)
  • suurtuho noun (distress that results from some disaster)

French

1 entries
  • calamité noun (event resulting in great loss)

Georgian

1 entries
  • უბედურება noun (event resulting in great loss)

German

2 entries
  • Kalamität noun (event resulting in great loss)
  • Unheil noun (event resulting in great loss)

Greek

1 entries
  • συμφορά noun (event resulting in great loss)

Hindi

3 entries
  • आपदा noun (event resulting in great loss)
  • आफ़त noun (event resulting in great loss)
  • मुसीबत noun (event resulting in great loss)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • vész noun (event resulting in great loss)

Ido

1 entries
  • kalamitato noun (event resulting in great loss)

Irish

1 entries
  • anachain noun (event resulting in great loss)

Italian

1 entries
  • calamità noun (event resulting in great loss)

Japanese

4 entries
  • 災い noun (event resulting in great loss)
  • 災い noun (distress that results from some disaster)
  • 災厄 noun (distress that results from some disaster)
  • 災難 noun (event resulting in great loss)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • апат noun (event resulting in great loss)

Korean

1 entries
  • 재난 noun (event resulting in great loss)

Latin

1 entries
  • calamitās noun (event resulting in great loss)

Macedonian

2 entries
  • катастро́фа noun (event resulting in great loss)
  • не́среќа noun (event resulting in great loss)

Malayalam

1 entries
  • ദുരന്തം noun (event resulting in great loss)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • kalamitet noun (event resulting in great loss)

Occitan

1 entries
  • calamitat noun (event resulting in great loss)

Oromo

1 entries
  • balaa noun (event resulting in great loss)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries
  • غول noun (event resulting in great loss)

Persian

4 entries
  • آفت noun (event resulting in great loss)
  • بدبختی noun (distress that results from some disaster)
  • بلا noun (event resulting in great loss)
  • فاجعه noun (event resulting in great loss)

Plautdietsch

1 entries
  • Onjlekj noun (event resulting in great loss)

Polish

4 entries
  • kataklizm noun (event resulting in great loss)
  • katastrofa noun (event resulting in great loss)
  • klęska noun (event resulting in great loss)
  • nieszczęście noun (event resulting in great loss)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • calamidade noun (event resulting in great loss)
  • calamidade noun (distress that results from some disaster)

Romanian

4 entries
  • calamitate noun (event resulting in great loss)
  • calamitate noun (distress that results from some disaster)
  • calamități noun (event resulting in great loss)
  • flagel noun (event resulting in great loss)

Russian

4 entries
  • бе́дствие noun (event resulting in great loss)
  • бе́дствие noun (distress that results from some disaster)
  • беда́ noun (distress that results from some disaster)
  • горе noun (distress that results from some disaster)

Slovak

4 entries
  • bieda noun (event resulting in great loss)
  • kalamita noun (event resulting in great loss)
  • katastrofa noun (event resulting in great loss)
  • nešťastie noun (event resulting in great loss)

Spanish

1 entries
  • calamidad noun (event resulting in great loss)

Swedish

3 entries
  • katastrof noun (event resulting in great loss)
  • olycka noun (event resulting in great loss)
  • tragedi noun (event resulting in great loss)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • kalamidad noun (event resulting in great loss)

Tajik

4 entries
  • бало noun (event resulting in great loss)
  • мусибат noun (event resulting in great loss)
  • офат noun (event resulting in great loss)
  • фалокат noun (event resulting in great loss)

Thai

2 entries
  • วิบัติ noun (event resulting in great loss)
  • หายนะ noun (event resulting in great loss)

Turkish

4 entries
  • afet noun (event resulting in great loss)
  • bela noun (event resulting in great loss)
  • felaket noun (event resulting in great loss)
  • musibet noun (event resulting in great loss)

Ukrainian

3 entries
  • біда́ noun (event resulting in great loss)
  • катастро́фа noun (event resulting in great loss)
  • неща́стя noun (event resulting in great loss)

Urdu

3 entries
  • آفت noun (event resulting in great loss)
  • قِیَامَت noun (event resulting in great loss)
  • مُصِیبَت noun (event resulting in great loss)

Uyghur

1 entries
  • پاجىئە noun (event resulting in great loss)

Uzbek

4 entries
  • dahshat noun (event resulting in great loss)
  • falokat noun (event resulting in great loss)
  • fojia noun (event resulting in great loss)
  • musibat noun (event resulting in great loss)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • tai hoạ noun (event resulting in great loss)

Volapük

1 entries
  • damifät noun (event resulting in great loss)

Sample sentences

14 total sentences available.

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A calamity was avoided by sheer luck.

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He prophesied that a dreadful calamity would happen.

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There is one rule that works in every calamity. Be it pestilence, war, or famine, the rich get richer and poor get poorer. The poor even help arrange it.

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The anticipation is always worse than the calamity.

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