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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Misery :: Misery (n.) Cause of misery; calamity; misfortune.
Sore :: Sore (superl.) Severe; afflictive; distressing; as, a sore disease; sore evil or 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..
Aggravation :: Aggravation (n.) An extrinsic circumstance or accident which increases the guilt of a crime or the misery of a calamity.
Visitation :: Visitation (n.) Special dispensation; communication of divine favor and goodness, or, more usually, of divine wrath and vengeance; retributive calamity; retribution; judgment..
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..
Unheal :: Unheal (n.) Misfortune; calamity; sickness.
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.
Tort :: Tort (n.) Mischief; injury; calamity.
Judgment :: "Judgment (v. i.) A calamity regarded as sent by God, by way of recompense for wrong committed; a providential punishment..
Infliction :: Infliction (n.) That which is inflicted or imposed, as punishment, disgrace, calamity, etc..
Calamity :: Calamity (n.) A state or time of distress or misfortune; misery.
Misfortune :: Misfortune (n.) Bad fortune or luck; calamity; an evil accident; disaster; mishap; mischance.
Blast :: Blast (v. t.) Hence, to affect with some sudden violence, plague, calamity, or blighting influence, which destroys or causes to fail; to visit with a curse; to curse; to ruin; as, to blast pride, hopes, or character..
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..
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..
Bale :: Bale (n.) Misery; calamity; misfortune; sorrow.
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..
Extreme :: Extreme (n.) An extreme state or condition; hence, calamity, danger, distress, etc..
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