calamitously adverb
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Recent Examples on the Web
//Such a revelation could have a calamitous effect on crypto trade worldwide as USDT remains an extremely popular currency to trade on many exchanges.
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Matthew De Silva, Quartz, "Once the world’s largest crypto exchange, Bitfinex stirs controversy," 7 Nov. 2019
//Jesus Is King is a spiritual work thanks to its deep feeling — pure expression brought to today’s calamitous social condition.
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Armond White, National Review, "Kanye West’s Faith Triumphs Over Political Bitterness," 30 Oct. 2019
//The Bears calamitous red-zone performance in the first half resulted from a combination of questionable play-calling, a dearth of play-making ability and blocking miscues.
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Rich Campbell, chicagotribune.com, "5 observations from rewatching the Bears’ loss to the Chargers, including red-zone ineptitude, Mitch Trubisky’s failed response and the I-formation," 30 Oct. 2019
//This is what happens when the Hoosiers are 5-2 and the Cornhuskers have lost two of their past three games in calamitous fashion.
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Rainer Sabin, Detroit Free Press, "Big Ten football predictions: Week 9 schedule stuffed with tantalizing matchups," 25 Oct. 2019
//The apparitions came to let all know not to forget them, their families and their stories -- stories of tragedy, financial misfortunes, calamitous family relations and, finally, death.
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Linda Gandee/special To Cleveland.com, cleveland, "Heritage Avon Lake gets spooky with Theater of the Dead," 21 Oct. 2019
//The dividing point between the two chapters is a calamitous event.
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Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter, "'Waves': Film Review | Telluride 2019," 31 Aug. 2019
//These media, the artist notes, often print stories about the calamitous effects of plastic proliferation.
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Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, "In the galleries: If creative ceramics are your cup of tea, go to the Renwick Gallery," 3 Sep. 2019
//In a calamitous vicious cycle, the trade wars sent investors fleeing to safety, causing the local currency to plummet.
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Frida Ghitis For Cnn Business Perspectives, CNN, "America-first trade policy is crushing the global economy," 1 Sep. 2019
First Known Use of calamitous
1545, in the meaning defined above
History and Etymology for calamitous
Dictionary Entries near calamitous
More Synonyms and Antonyms ofcalamitous
1
bringing about ruin or misfortune
- a calamitous decision to sell their products online exclusively ruined the business
- adverse,
- baleful,
- baneful,
- damaging,
- deleterious,
- detrimental,
- evil,
- harmful,
- hurtful,
- ill,
- injurious,
- noxious,
- pernicious,
- prejudicial
- auspicious,
- bright,
- encouraging,
- fair,
- golden,
- heartening,
- hopeful,
- optimistic,
- promising,
- propitious,
- rose-colored,
- rosy,
- upbeat
2
causing or tending to cause destruction
- a calamitous flood that destroyed the town's central business district
- baleful,
- deadly,
- deathly,
- fatal,
- fell,
- killer,
- lethal,
- mortal,
- murderous,
- pestilent,
- poisonous,
- virulent,
- vital
More Definitions forcalamitous
formal : causing great harm or suffering