Associations to the word «Calamity»

Wiktionary

CALAMITY, noun. An event resulting in great loss.
CALAMITY, noun. The distress that results from some disaster.

Dictionary definition

CALAMITY, noun. An event resulting in great loss and misfortune; "the whole city was affected by the irremediable calamity"; "the earthquake was a disaster".

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.