| Main Entry: |
catastrophe |
| Part of Speech: |
noun |
| Definition: |
calamity; unhappy conclusion |
Synonyms: |
accident,
adversity,
affliction, alluvion, bad luck, bad news,
blow,
calamity, casualty,
cataclysm, contretemps,
crash,
culmination, curtains,
debacle,
denouement,
desolation,
devastation,
disaster,
emergency,
end,
failure, fatality,
fiasco, finale,
grief,
hardship,
havoc,
ill, infliction, meltdown, misadventure, mischance,
misery,
misfortune,
mishap,
reverse,
scourge,
stroke,
termination, the worst,
tragedy,
trial,
trouble, upshot, waterloo,
wreck
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Antonyms: |
benefit, blessing, favor, good fortune, good luck, happiness, miracle, success, wonder
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