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

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley