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cataclysmal

cataclysmal adjective: as noisy or destructive as a cataclysm.

Adjective

cataclysmal (comparative more cataclysmal, superlative most cataclysmal)

  1. As noisy or destructive as a cataclysm.
    • That they have been exterminated by exceptional cataclysmal changes of the earth's surface has not been proved.1861, Richard Owen, Palaeontology Or A Systematic Summary of Extinct Animals and Their Geological Relations
    • Perhaps she’s so deaf that nothing short of a cataclysmal uproar will reach her auditory nerves.1897, Richard Marsh, The Beetle
    Synonyms:
    cataclysmic

Synonyms of cataclysmal

Forms of cataclysmal

comparativemore cataclysmal
superlativemost cataclysmal

Origin of cataclysmal

From cataclysm + -al.

Questions about cataclysmal

What does cataclysmal mean?
Cataclysmal means as noisy or destructive as a cataclysm.
What part of speech is cataclysmal?
Cataclysmal is an adjective.

Words near cataclysmal in the dictionary

  1. cataclasms
  2. cataclastic
  3. catacline
  4. cataclines
  5. cataclysm
  6. cataclysmal
  7. cataclysmatic
  8. cataclysmatist
  9. cataclysmatists
  10. cataclysmic
  11. cataclysmical

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