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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.
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.
Definition of catastrophe noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
