Synonyms for catastrophic
- adjective
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Adjective
1. Disastrous — disastrous; ruinous
disastrous, calamitous, cataclysmic, devastating, fatal, ruinous, destructive, dismal, cataclysmal
Other
catastrophal rare
Definitions
- adj. 1
Disastrous; ruinous.
Related words
Example sentences
- devastating The depredation of the courthouse was devastating.
- disastrous This can have disastrous results for your career.
- cataclysmic She didn't seem to leave from that cataclysmic situation.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| catastrophic | rising | |
| devastating | rising | |
| disastrous | falling | |
| cataclysmic | rising | |
| calamitous | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 5 letters
- fatal2
- 6 letters
- dismal2
- 7 letters
- ruinous3
- 10 letters
- disastrous3, calamitous4
- 11 letters
- devastating4, destructive3, cataclysmic4, cataclysmal
- 12 letters
- catastrophal
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (fatal2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- catastrophique
- Italiano
- catastrofico
- Deutsch
- katastrophal