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cataclysmic

/ˌkætəˈklɪzmɪk/

cataclysmic adjective: of or pertaining to a cataclysm; causing great destruction or upheaval; catastrophic.

Adjective

cataclysmic (comparative more cataclysmic, superlative most cataclysmic)

  1. Of or pertaining to a cataclysm; causing great destruction or upheaval; catastrophic.
    • It is believed that a cataclysmic impact caused the extinction of the dinosaurs.
    • That’s why to be rejected in love was so cataclysmic: one had been judged and found wanting.2005, Edmund White, My Women, archived from the original on 04 Dec 2012

cataclysmic meaning in Urdu and Malayalam

cataclysmic in Urdu

سیلابی, طغیانی

cataclysmic in Malayalam

catastrophic, disastrous, calamitous
ദാരുണം, ഘോരം, ദുഃഖപ്രദം, വിപൽക്കരം, വിനാശകരം, മാരകമായ

Forms of cataclysmic

comparativemore cataclysmic
superlativemost cataclysmic

Origin of cataclysmic

From cataclysm + -ic.

Words formed from cataclysmic

Questions about cataclysmic

What does cataclysmic mean?
Cataclysmic means of or pertaining to a cataclysm; causing great destruction or upheaval; catastrophic.
What is cataclysmic in Urdu?
Cataclysmic in Urdu is سیلابی, طغیانی. See Cataclysmic meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is cataclysmic?
Cataclysmic is an adjective.
How do you pronounce cataclysmic?
Cataclysmic is pronounced /ˌkætəˈklɪzmɪk/.

Words near cataclysmic in the dictionary

  1. cataclysm
  2. cataclysmal
  3. cataclysmatic
  4. cataclysmatist
  5. cataclysmatists
  6. cataclysmic
  7. cataclysmical
  8. cataclysmically
  9. cataclysmist
  10. cataclysmists
  11. cataclysms

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Adapted from Wiktionary: cataclysmic (page history and authors); cataclysmic (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); cataclysmic (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). 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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