Definition of calamity

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Calamity (n.) A state or time of distress or misfortune; misery.

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Infliction :: Infliction (n.) That which is inflicted or imposed, as punishment, disgrace, calamity, etc..
Solace :: Solace (n.) To cheer in grief or under calamity; to comfort; to relieve in affliction, solitude, or discomfort; to console; -- applied to persons; as, to solace one with the hope of future reward..
Extreme :: Extreme (n.) An extreme state or condition; hence, calamity, danger, distress, etc..
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..
Tort :: Tort (n.) Mischief; injury; calamity.
National :: National (a.) Of or pertaining to a nation; common to a whole people or race; public; general; as, a national government, language, dress, custom, calamity, etc..
Portent :: Portent (n.) That which portends, or foretoken; esp., that which portends evil; a sign of coming calamity; an omen; a sign..
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..
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..
Woful :: Woful (a.) Bringing calamity, distress, or affliction; as, a woeful event; woeful want..
Patience :: Patience (n.) The state or quality of being patient; the power of suffering with fortitude; uncomplaining endurance of evils or wrongs, as toil, pain, poverty, insult, oppression, calamity, etc..
Judgment :: "Judgment (v. i.) A calamity regarded as sent by God, by way of recompense for wrong committed; a providential punishment..
Calamitous :: Calamitous (a.) Suffering calamity; wretched; miserable.
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..
Aggravation :: Aggravation (n.) An extrinsic circumstance or accident which increases the guilt of a crime or the misery of a calamity.
Disaster :: Disaster (n.) An adverse or unfortunate event, esp. a sudden and extraordinary misfortune; a calamity; a serious mishap..
Refuge :: Refuge (n.) That which shelters or protects from danger, or from distress or calamity; a stronghold which protects by its strength, or a sanctuary which secures safety by its sacredness; a place inaccessible to an enemy..
Woe :: Woe (n.) Grief; sorrow; misery; heavy calamity.
Catastrophe :: Catastrophe (n.) An event producing a subversion of the order or system of things; a final event, usually of a calamitous or disastrous nature; hence, sudden calamity; great misfortune..
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