Definition of calamity

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Calamity (n.) Any great misfortune or cause of misery; -- generally applied to events or disasters which produce extensive evil, either to communities or individuals..

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Welfare :: Welfare (n.) Well-doing or well-being in any respect; the enjoyment of health and the common blessings of life; exemption from any evil or calamity; prosperity; happiness.
Woful :: Woful (a.) Full of woe; sorrowful; distressed with grief or calamity; afflicted; wretched; unhappy; sad.
Trouble :: Trouble (v. t.) The state of being troubled; disturbance; agitation; uneasiness; vexation; calamity.
Calamity :: Calamity (n.) A state or time of distress or misfortune; misery.
Aggravation :: Aggravation (n.) An extrinsic circumstance or accident which increases the guilt of a crime or the misery of a calamity.
Infliction :: Infliction (n.) That which is inflicted or imposed, as punishment, disgrace, calamity, etc..
Judgment :: "Judgment (v. i.) A calamity regarded as sent by God, by way of recompense for wrong committed; a providential punishment..
Misery :: Misery (n.) Cause of misery; calamity; misfortune.
Calamity :: Calamity (n.) Any great misfortune or cause of misery; -- generally applied to events or disasters which produce extensive evil, either to communities or individuals..
Ill :: Ill (n.) Whatever annoys or impairs happiness, or prevents success; evil of any kind; misfortune; calamity; disease; pain; as, the ills of humanity..
Woe :: Woe (n.) Grief; sorrow; misery; heavy calamity.
Stroke :: Stroke (v. t.) A sudden attack of disease; especially, a fatal attack; a severe disaster; any affliction or calamity, especially a sudden one; as, a stroke of apoplexy; the stroke of death..
Plague :: Plague (v. t.) To infest or afflict with disease, calamity, or natural evil of any kind..
Mischief :: Mischief (n.) Harm; damage; esp., disarrangement of order; trouble or vexation caused by human agency or by some living being, intentionally or not; often, calamity, mishap; trivial evil caused by thoughtlessness, or in sport..
Visitation :: Visitation (n.) Special dispensation; communication of divine favor and goodness, or, more usually, of divine wrath and vengeance; retributive calamity; retribution; judgment..
Shorten :: Shorten (a.) To make short or shorter in measure, extent, or time; as, to shorten distance; to shorten a road; to shorten days of calamity..
Bale :: Bale (n.) Misery; calamity; misfortune; sorrow.
Disaster :: Disaster (n.) An adverse or unfortunate event, esp. a sudden and extraordinary misfortune; a calamity; a serious mishap..
Forebode :: Forebode (v. t.) To be prescient of (some ill or misfortune); to have an inward conviction of, as of a calamity which is about to happen; to augur despondingly..
Unheal :: Unheal (n.) Misfortune; calamity; sickness.
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