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calamitous in English:

1. catastrophic


The damage caused by the war was catastrophic.

English word "calamitous"(catastrophic) occurs in sets:

synonimy egzamin

2. calamity


Failure in one test shouldn't be regarded as a calamity.
A calamity was avoided by sheer luck.
This is not going to end in calamity
state of national calamity
They will face a humanitarian calamity of their own making.
Some people believe that Santa Ana's wind can cause weird behaviour and calamity.
emergency measures may be necessary in order to avert a calamity
He prophesied that a dreadful calamity would happen.
There is one rule that works in every calamity. Be it pestilence, war, or famine, the rich get richer and poor get poorer. The poor even help arrange it.
Calamity Jane lived in California.

English word "calamitous"(calamity) occurs in sets:

The adjective - practice

3. causing great damage or suffering