aftermath
UK/ˈɑːf.təˌmæθ//ˈæf.tɚˌmæθ/
aftermath noun: that which happens after, that which follows, usually of strongly negative connotation in most contexts, implying a preceding catastrophe.
Noun
aftermath (plural aftermaths)
- 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.
- Fogel, working with a script by the journalist Kerry Howley, follows Winner from the age of nine to the aftermath of her plea, and organizes the movie around voice-over reminiscences by Reality (the character is played by Emilia Jones).2024 September 11, Richard Brody, ““Winner” Takes Political Comedy Seriously”, in The New Yorker, archived from the original on 20 Sep 2024
- Synonyms:
- lattermath
- Antonyms:
- foremath, beforemath
- 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.1879, Robert Louis Stevenson, Travels with a Donkey in the Cévennes
- Synonyms:
- lattermath, rowen
- Antonyms:
- foremath, beforemath
aftermath meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Malayalam and Kannada
aftermath in Tamil
- பின்விளைவு, மேயப்பட்ட
aftermath in Urdu
- ماحاصل, نتیجہ
aftermath in Malayalam
- അനന്തരഫലം
aftermath in Kannada
- ಪರಿಣಾಮ, ಫಲ
More languagesFewer languages
- aftermath in Arabic
- أَعْقَاب ʔaʕqāb
Examples of aftermath in a sentence
- The military leaders behind the original coup were executed in the aftermath of the counterrevolution.
- In the aftermath of the Iraq War, the streets of Baghdad were sometimes filled with gunplay.
- For ours is the kingdom of Covid-19 and its aftermath in an increasingly totalitarian world, amen.
Synonyms of aftermath
Antonyms
Forms of aftermath
| plural | aftermaths |
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Origin of aftermath
From after- + math (“a mowing”).
Questions about aftermath
- What does aftermath mean?
- Aftermath means that which happens after, that which follows, usually of strongly negative connotation in most contexts, implying a preceding catastrophe.
- What is aftermath in Tamil?
- Aftermath in Tamil is பின்விளைவு, மேயப்பட்ட. See Aftermath meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is aftermath?
- Aftermath is a noun.
- How do you pronounce aftermath?
- Aftermath is pronounced /ˈæf.tɚˌmæθ/ (US).
- What is the plural of aftermath?
- The plural of aftermath is aftermaths.
Words near aftermath in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: aftermath (page history and authors); aftermath (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); aftermath (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); aftermath (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); aftermath (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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