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- Dictionarycatastrophe/kəˈtastrəfi/
noun
- 1. an event causing great and usually sudden damage or suffering; a disaster: "an environmental catastrophe"
- 2. the denouement of a drama, especially a classical tragedy.
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a sudden event that causes very great trouble or destruction: They were warned of the ecological catastrophe to come. a bad situation: The emigration of scientists is a catastrophe for the country. Synonyms. calamity. cataclysm literary. crisis. disaster. emergency. tragedy. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Accidents and disasters.
The meaning of CATASTROPHE is a momentous tragic event ranging from extreme misfortune to utter overthrow or ruin. How to use catastrophe in a sentence. Did you know?
CATASTROPHE meaning: 1. a sudden event that causes very great trouble or destruction: 2. a bad situation: 3. a sudden…. Learn more.
noun. a sudden and widespread disaster: the catastrophe of war. Synonyms: calamity, misfortune. Antonyms: triumph. any misfortune, mishap, or failure; fiasco: The play was so poor our whole evening was a catastrophe. a final event or conclusion, usually an unfortunate one; a disastrous end: the great catastrophe of the Old South at Appomattox.
A catastrophe is an unexpected event that causes great suffering or damage. From all points of view, war would be a catastrophe. ...the economic and environmental catastrophe that the oil leak has caused.
Definition of catastrophe noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
1. a sudden and widespread disaster. 2. any misfortune or failure; fiasco. 3. a disastrous end. 4. the point in a drama following the climax and introducing the conclusion. 5. a sudden, violent disturbance, esp. of a part of the surface of the earth.
CATASTROPHE definition: an extremely bad event that causes a lot of suffering or destruction: . Learn more.
a natural phenomenon involving the structure or composition of the earth. noun. an event resulting in great loss and misfortune. synonyms: calamity, cataclysm, disaster, tragedy. see more. bad luck, misfortune. unnecessary and unforeseen trouble resulting from an unfortunate event. noun.
noun. catastrophes. A disastrous end, bringing overthrow or ruin. Webster's New World. Any great and sudden calamity, disaster, or misfortune. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. The culminating event of a drama, esp. of a tragedy, by which the plot is resolved; denouement. Webster's New World. Similar definitions.
