Associations to the word «Aftermath»

Wiktionary

AFTERMATH, noun. (obsolete) (or farmers' jargon) A second mowing; the grass which grows after the first crop of hay in the same season.
AFTERMATH, noun. That which happens after, that which follows. Has a strongly negative connotation in most contexts, implying a preceding catastrophe.

Dictionary definition

AFTERMATH, noun. The consequences of an event (especially a catastrophic event); "the aftermath of war"; "in the wake of the accident no one knew how many had been injured".
AFTERMATH, noun. The outcome of an event especially as relative to an individual.

Wise words

A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and time in which it is used.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.