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

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

cataclysmic

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

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 .