aftermath

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   the consequences of an event (especially a catastrophic event)

   the aftermath of war

2. 2
   noun

   That which happens after, that which follows, usually of strongly negative connotation in most contexts, implying a preceding catastrophe.

   In contrast to most projections of the aftermath of nuclear war, in this there is no rioting or looting.

3. 3
   noun

   A second mowing; the grass which grows after the first crop of hay in the same season.

   They were cutting aftermath on all sides, which gave the neighbourhood, this gusty autumn morning, an untimely smell of hay.

4. 4
   noun

   the outcome of an event especially as relative to an individual

Etymology

From after- + math (“a mowing”).