catastrophic
/kætəˈstɹɒfɪk/US/ˌkætəˈstɹɑfɪk/
catastrophic adjective: of or pertaining to a catastrophe.
Adjective
catastrophic (comparative more catastrophic, superlative most catastrophic)
- Of or pertaining to a catastrophe.
- Disastrous; ruinous.
- The reason why Jon & Kate Plus 8 is such a hot topic is because it might all be a sham. It’s been claimed that Jon has a string of mistresses, that Kate had an affair with her bodyguard and that Baby Number Six is actually a shaved Ewok with a catastrophic heroin addiction. Or something.2009 May 22, Stuart Heritage, “Jon & Kate Latest: People You Don’t Know Do Crap You Don’t Care About”, in Hecklerspray, archived from the original on 15 Apr 2024
- Some experts, such as geographer Jared Diamond in his 2005 book, “Collapse,” used Easter Island as a cautionary tale of how the exploitation of limited resources can result in catastrophic population decline, ecological devastation and the destruction of a society through infighting.2024 September 14, Katie Hunt, “New evidence upends contentious Easter Island theory, scientists say”, in CNN, archived from the original on 21 Sep 2024
- From which recovery is impossible.
- catastrophic failure
catastrophic meaning in Tamil, Marathi, Bengali and Malayalam
catastrophic in Tamil
- பேரழிவுமிக்க, பெருங்கேடு விளைவிக்கின்ற, பெருங்கேடுதருகின்ற
catastrophic in Marathi
- आपत्तीजनक
catastrophic in Bengali
- বিপর্যয়কর
catastrophic in Malayalam
- cataclysmic, disastrous, calamitous
- ദാരുണം, ഘോരം, ദുഃഖപ്രദം, വിപൽക്കരം, വിനാശകരം, അതിഘ്ന
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- catastrophic in Odia
- ବିପର୍ଯ୍ଯ଼ଯ଼ପୂର୍ଣ୍ଣ
Synonyms of catastrophic
Antonyms
Forms of catastrophic
| comparative | more catastrophic |
|---|---|
| superlative | most catastrophic |
Origin of catastrophic
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek καταστροφικός (katastrophikós). By surface analysis, catastrophe + -ic.
Words formed from catastrophic
- catastrophically
- catastrophic antiphospholipid syndrome
- catastrophic backtracking
- catastrophic failure
- catastrophic forgetting
- catastrophic interference
- catastrophic kill
- catastrophic mortality
- catastrophic moult
- megacatastrophic
- noncatastrophic
- postcatastrophic
- subcatastrophic
- supercatastrophic
- uncatastrophic
Phrases with catastrophic
Words that rhyme with catastrophic
- trophic
- apostrophic
- Ariosophic
- craniosophic
- ectotrophic
- gymnosophic
- historiosophic
- mycotrophic
- neutrosophic
- nontrophic
- oxalotrophic
- pansophic
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Questions about catastrophic
- What does catastrophic mean?
- Catastrophic means of or pertaining to a catastrophe.
- What is catastrophic in Tamil?
- Catastrophic in Tamil is பேரழிவுமிக்க, பெருங்கேடு விளைவிக்கின்ற, பெருங்கேடுதருகின்ற. See Catastrophic meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is catastrophic?
- Catastrophic is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce catastrophic?
- Catastrophic is pronounced /kætəˈstɹɒfɪk/ (UK).
Words near catastrophic in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: catastrophic (page history and authors); catastrophic (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); catastrophic (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); catastrophic (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); catastrophic (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); catastrophic (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model 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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