CATASTROPHIC Synonyms
There are 10 hypernyms of the word catastrophic. (close relations)
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| ruinous | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective satellite • extremely harmful; bringing physical or financial ruin • causing injury or blight; especially affecting with sudden violence or plague or ruin | ||||||
| apocalyptic | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective • of or relating to an apocalypse adjective satellite • prophetic of devastation or ultimate doom | ||||||
| calamitous | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective satellite • (of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin | ||||||
| cataclysmic | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective satellite • severely destructive | ||||||
| destructive | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective • causing destruction or much damage | ||||||
| devastating | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective satellite • making light of • wreaking or capable of wreaking complete destruction • physically or spiritually devastating; often used in combination | ||||||
| dire | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective satellite • fraught with extreme danger; nearly hopeless • causing fear or dread or terror | ||||||
| disastrous | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective satellite • (of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin | ||||||
| fatal | adverb, adjectiveadv, adj | |||||
adjective • bringing death adjective satellite • having momentous consequences; of decisive importance • (of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin • controlled or decreed by fate; predetermined | ||||||
| grave | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||
noun • death of a person • a place for the burial of a corpse (especially beneath the ground and marked by a tombstone) • a mark (`) placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation adjective satellite • dignified and somber in manner or character and committed to keeping promises • causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm • of great gravity or crucial import; requiring serious thought verb • shape (a material like stone or wood) by whittling away at it • carve, cut, or etch into a material or surface | ||||||
| harmful | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective • causing or capable of causing harm | ||||||
| negative | adverb, adjectiveadv, adj | |||||
adjective • characterized by or displaying negation or denial or opposition or resistance; having no positive features • expressing or consisting of a negation or refusal or denial • not indicating the presence of microorganisms or disease or a specific condition • reckoned in a direction opposite to that regarded as positive noun • a reply of denial • a piece of photographic film showing an image with light and shade or colors reversed adjective satellite • having the quality of something harmful or unpleasant • less than zero • designed or tending to discredit, especially without positive or helpful suggestions • having a negative charge • involving disadvantage or harm verb • vote against; refuse to endorse; refuse to assent | ||||||
| overwhelming | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective satellite • so strong as to be irresistible • very strong; urgently felt | ||||||
| terrible | ||||||
adjective satellite • causing fear or dread or terror • exceptionally bad or displeasing • intensely or extremely bad or unpleasant in degree or quality • extreme in degree or extent or amount or impact | ||||||
| tragic | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective • of or relating to or characteristic of tragedy adjective satellite • very sad; especially involving grief or death or destruction | ||||||
