calamity
US: /kəˈɫæməti/, /kəˈɫæmɪti/
UK: /kɐlˈæmɪti/
UK: /kɐlˈæmɪti/
English Vietnamese dictionary
calamity /kə'læmiti/
- danh từ
- tai hoạ, tai ương; thiên tai
- calamity howler
- anh chàng bi quan yếm thế luôn luôn kêu khổ
Advanced English dictionary
+ noun
[C, U] (plural calamities) an event that causes great harm or damage
Synonym: DISASTER
Sudan suffered a series of calamities during the 1980s. + His financial help saved the magazine from total calamity.
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
1 disaster, destruction, ruin, catastrophe, cataclysm, devastation, tragedy, misadventure, mischance, mishap:
Calamity befell the town when it was engulfed in a landslide.
2 distress, affliction, trouble, hardship, misery, tragedy, misfortune, adversity, reverse, ruin, ruination, desolation, wretchedness:
So full is the world of calamity that every source of pleasure is polluted.
Concise English dictionary
calamitieskə'læmətɪ
noun
+an event resulting in great loss and misfortune
