English-Thai Dictionary

cataclysm

N การเปลี่ยนแปลง ที่ รุนแรง (โดยเฉพาะ ทางสังคม หรือ การเมือง  kan-pian-plaeng-ti-run-raeng

 

cataclysm

N การเปลี่ยนแปลง ที่ รุนแรง ของ เปลือกโลก  catastrophe kan-pian-plaeng-ti-run-raeng-kong-plueak-lok

 

cataclysm

N ความหายนะ  ความพินาศ  disaster kwam-hai-ya-na

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CATACLYSM

n.A deluge, or overflowing of water; particularly, the flood in Noahs days.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

CATACLYSM

Cat "a *clysm, n. Etym: [L. cataclysmos, Gr. cataclysme. ]

 

1. An extensive overflow or sweeping flood of water; a deluge.

 

2. (Geol.)

 

Defn: Any violent catastrophe, involving sudden and extensive changes of the earth's surface.

 

CATACLYSMAL; CATACLYSMIC

CATACLYSMAL; CATACLYSMIC Cat `a *clys "mal, Cat "a *clys "mic, a.

 

Defn: Of or pertaining to a cataclysm.

 

CATACLYSMIST

CATACLYSMIST Cat `a *clys "mist, n.

 

Defn: One who believes that the most important geological phenomena have been produced by cataclysms.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

cataclysm

cat a clysm |ˈkatəˌklizəm ˈkædəˌklɪzəm | ▶noun a large-scale and violent event in the natural world. • a sudden violent upheaval, esp. in a political or social context: the cataclysm of the First World War. ORIGIN early 17th cent. (originally denoting the biblical Flood described in Genesis ): from French cataclysme, via Latin from Greek kataklusmos ‘deluge, ’ from kata- ‘down ’ + kluzein ‘to wash. ’

 

cataclysmic

cat a clys mic |ˌkatəˈklizmik ˈˌkædəˈklɪzmɪk | ▶adjective relating to or denoting a violent natural event. • informal used to emphasize the extent of something bad or unwelcome: the concert was a cataclysmic failure. DERIVATIVES cat a clys mi cal ly |-mik (ə )lē |adverb

 

Oxford Dictionary

cataclysm

cataclysm |ˈkatəˌklɪz (ə )m | ▶noun a large-scale and violent event in the natural world. • a sudden violent political or social upheaval: the cataclysm of the First World War. ORIGIN early 17th cent. (originally denoting the biblical Flood described in Genesis ): from French cataclysme, via Latin from Greek kataklusmos ‘deluge ’, from kata- ‘down ’ + kluzein ‘to wash ’.

 

cataclysmic

cata |clys ¦mic |katəˈklɪzmik | ▶adjective (of a natural event ) large-scale and violent: a cataclysmic earthquake. • causing sudden and violent upheaval: a novel about a cataclysmic world war. • informal used to emphasize the extent of something bad or unwelcome: the concert was a cataclysmic failure. DERIVATIVES cataclysmically |-ˈklɪzmɪk (ə )li |adverb

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

cataclysm

cataclysm noun their homeland was destroyed by a great cataclysm: disaster, catastrophe, calamity, tragedy, devastation, holocaust, ruin, ruination, upheaval, convulsion, apocalypse, act of God.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

cataclysm

cataclysm noun their homeland was destroyed by a great cataclysm: disaster, catastrophe, calamity, tragedy, act of God, devastation, crisis, holocaust, ruin, ruination, upheaval, convulsion, blow, shock, reverse, trouble, trial, tribulation; misfortune, mishap, accident, mischance, misadventure, woe, affliction, distress; informal meltdown, whammy; archaic bale; Scottish archaic mishanter. ANTONYMS salvation, godsend.

 

cataclysmic

cataclysmic adjective the cataclysmic Krakatoa eruption of 1883: disastrous, catastrophic, calamitous, tragic, devastating, ruinous, terrible, violent, awful. ANTONYMS fortunate, beneficial.

 

French Dictionary

cataclysme

cataclysme n. m. nom masculin 1 Désastre naturel d ’une grande ampleur. : Ce raz-de-marée a été un cataclysme. 2 figuré Bouleversement majeur. Note Sémantique Ne pas confondre avec le nom catastrophe, accident causant la mort de plusieurs personnes. Note Orthographique catacl y sme.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

cataclysm

cat a clysm /kǽtəklɪ̀z (ə )m /名詞 C ｟かたく ｠1 (社会の )大変動, 激動 (!戦争 革命など ) ; 革命的な出来事 [事件 ].2 (自然界の )大変動, 大災害 (!大地震 大洪水 火山爆発など ) .

 

cataclysmic

cat a clys mic /kæ̀təklɪ́zmɪk /形容詞 1 ｟かたく ｠大変動をもたらした 〈事件 出来事 〉, 激動の ; 〘地 〙地殻を激変させる .2 ｟くだけて ｠非常に不 (愉 )快な, 大失敗の .