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Meaning of Calamity | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

kəˈlæmɪti

Definitions

An event resulting in great loss.
The distress that results from some disaster.

Equivalents

العربية الكارثة بأس بؤس بلاء بلية حادثة دائرة داهية سوء شؤم صدمة ضراء طامة عارض غول مأساة مس مصيبة نجدة واقعة

Azərbaycanca faciə fəlakət müsibət

Беларуская бяда няшча́сце

Български бедствие нещастие

Bosanski bela belaj katastrofa беда белај катастрофа

Català calamitat

Čeština kalamita katastrofa neštěstí pohroma

Deutsch Kalamität Katastrophe Schicksalsschlag Unglück Unheil

Ελληνικά κατάρα συμφορά

Esperanto katastrofo plaĝo

Español calamidad

فارسی آفت بدبختی بلا فاجعه مصیبت

Suomi suuronnettomuus

Français calamite

Gaeilge anachain

עברית איד צלע

हिन्दी अनर्थ आपदा आफ़त क़यामत क़हर प्रकोप मुसीबत संकट सर्वनाश

Hrvatski bela belaj katastrofa беда белај катастрофа

Magyar vesz

Հայերեն աղետ

Bahasa Indonesia mara musibah tulah

Italiano calamita

日本語凶事厄災喪妖恙殃災い災厄災難禍

ქართული უბედურება

Қазақша апат

한국어 甾禍 재난 재액

Kurdî afet bela bêla bela bela felaket katastrof musibet بلا

Latina calamitās

Македонски катастрофа несреќа

മലയാളം ദുരന്തം

Nederlands calamiteit

Polski kataklizm katastrofa klęska nieszczęście przeciwność zagłada

Português calamidade

Română calamitate flagel

Русский беда бедствие горе катастрофа несчастье

Српски bela belaj katastrofa беда белај катастрофа

Svenska hemsökelse katastrof ofärd olycka tragedi

ไทย ภัยพิบัติ วิบัติ หายนะ

Tagalog kalamidad

Türkçe afet bela felâket musibet

ئۇيغۇرچە پاجىئە

Українська біда катастрофа неща́стя

اردو آفت قَیامَت مُصِیبَت

Oʻzbekcha falokat musibat

Tiếng Việt địch hoạ hoạn nạn tai ách tai hoạ thảm hoạ thảm kịch

Examples

“Romeo come forth / Come forth thou fearfull man, / Affliction is enamor’d of thy parts: / And thou art wedded to calamitie.”

“Yet, at that moment, she felt as if the acquisition of these gems were a calamity. Their possession involved separation from her uncle, from every relic of home affections, and from all that yet lingered with her of her childhood.”

“And the village was deserted, the huts gaped black, rotting, all askew within the fallen enclosures. A calamity had come to it, sure enough.”

“They were behind twice, first in the 11th minute when James Morrison scored a goal that was a personal calamity for Hart, and then four minutes into the second half when Kenny Miller eluded Gary Cahill to score with a splendid left-foot drive.”

CEFR level

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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