calamitous meaning and definition

CALAMITOUS adjective

Definition of calamitous (adjective)

1. (of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin
   • "the stock market crashed on Black Friday"; "a calamitous defeat"; "the battle was a disastrous end to a disastrous campaign"; "such doctrines, if true, would be absolutely fatal to my theory"- Charles Darwin; "it is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it"- Douglas MacArthur; "a fateful error"
   • synonyms: black, disastrous, fatal, fateful