kə-tăs'trə-fē
An utter failure
Dire distress resulting from loss or tragedy.
The condition of having been destroyed:
Tragedy is defined as something very bad that happens.
A powerful or sudden effort by which something is done, produced, or accomplished; also, something done or accomplished by such an effort.
The definition of hardship is adversity, or something difficult or unpleasant that you must endure or overcome.
1918, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The People that Time Forgot, edition HTML, The Gutenberg Project, published 2008:
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Desolation is defined as the state of being uninhabited, lonely or dreary.
Anything like an avalanche in suddenness and overwhelming quantity (like a barrage, blitz, etc).
A situation which poses an immediate threat to human life or health and requires urgent assistance.
An event or enterprise that ends suddenly and disastrously, often with humiliating consequences.
benefit (antonym)
Help; aid:
success (antonym)
One that is successful:
The definition of a fiasco is something that is an utter and complete disaster.
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catastasis
The climax of a drama.
devastation (related)
catastrophic (related)
crisis (related)
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meltdown (related)
A type or impression for z or Z
upheaval (related)
conflagration (related)
Misfortune is bad luck or a distressing occurrence.
Destructive or harmful effects:
A ship that has been disabled or destroyed by a storm or other disaster
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(Uncountable) Something that leads to serious trouble or destruction.
A mechanism, such as a gear in a motor vehicle, that is used to reverse movement.
(Uncountable) A source of persistent trouble such as pestilence that causes pain and suffering or widespread destruction.
triumph (antonym)
A noteworthy achievement or success:
A state of open, often prolonged fighting; a battle or war.
blessing (antonym)
Something promoting or contributing to happiness, well-being, or prosperity; a boon.
favor (antonym)
Something given as a token of love, affection, or remembrance.
happiness (antonym)
(Archaic) Good luck; good fortune; prosperity.
help (related)
(--- Archaic) A person employed to help, especially a farm worker or domestic servant.
extinction (related)
famine (related)
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The definition of a mishap is a minor problem or something that goes wrong.
(Uncountable) Misfortune.
Fine, soft, fluffy feathers forming the first plumage of a young bird and underlying the contour feathers in certain adult birds.
An accidental mishap or misfortune.
The condition or fact of being insufficient or falling short:
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A cause or source of suffering:
An unpleasant and unintended happening, sometimes resulting from negligence, that results in injury, loss, damage, etc.
A condition of pain, disease, or malfunction:
An accident, especially one involving serious injury or loss of life.
Something, such as punishment, that is inflicted.
Anything causing pain or distress; calamity
An unforeseen event that disrupts the normal course of things; an inopportune occurrence.
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A sudden failure of a program or operating system, usually without serious consequences.
The provision made for a parent to spend time with a child who is in the physical custody of another.
(Medicine) An intense, paroxysmal, involuntary muscular contraction.
A state of wretchedness or misfortune; poverty and trouble
good luck. See syn. study at disaster.disaster (antonym)
A protracted controversy or struggle:
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good-fortune (antonym)
Good luck
miracle (antonym)
An awesome and exceptional example of something
Find another word for catastrophe. In this page you can discover 66 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for catastrophe, like: disaster, calamity, destruction, tragedy, stroke, hardship, havoc, desolation, avalanche, emergency and debacle.
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