calamity

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   an event resulting in great loss and misfortune

   the whole city was affected by the irremediable calamity

2. 2
   noun

   An event resulting in great loss.

   Romeo come forth / Come forth thou fearfull man, / Affliction is enamor’d of thy parts: / And thou art wedded to calamitie.

3. 3
   noun

   The distress that results from some disaster.

   They were behind twice, first in the 11th minute when James Morrison scored a goal that was a personal calamity for Hart, and then four minutes into the second half when Kenny Miller eluded Gary Cahill to score with a splendid left-foot drive.

Etymology

From Middle French calamité, from Latin calamitās (“loss, damage; disaster”).