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calamitous

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of calamitous

1 bringing about ruin or misfortune

a calamitous decision to sell their products online exclusively ruined the business

Synonyms of calamitous

cataclysmal (or cataclysmic), catastrophic, damning, destructive, disastrous, fatal, fateful, ruinous, unfortunate

Words Related to calamitous

apocalyptic (also apocalyptical)

hapless, ill-fated, ill-starred, luckless

adverse, baleful, baneful, damaging, deleterious, detrimental, evil, harmful, hurtful, ill, injurious, noxious, pernicious, prejudicial

Near Antonyms of calamitous

fluky (also flukey), fortuitous, fortunate, happy, lucky, providential

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

Synonyms of calamitous

annihilatory, cataclysmal (or cataclysmic), destructive, devastating, devastative, disastrous, ruinous

Words Related to calamitous

antibiotic, biocidal

baleful, deadly, deathly, fatal, fell, killer, lethal, mortal, murderous, pestilent, poisonous, virulent, vital

deleterious, detrimental, harmful, pernicious

Near Antonyms of calamitous

preservative, protective

constructive, creative, formative, productive

harmless, innocent, innocuous, inoffensive

ameliorative, helpful, useful

healthful, healthy, nonfatal, nonlethal, salubrious, wholesome

Antonyms of calamitous

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