Ca*lam"i*tous (?), a. [L. Calamitosus; cf. F. calamiteux.]
1.
Suffering calamity; wretched; miserable.
[Obs.]
Ten thousands of calamitous persons.
South.
2.
Producing, or attended with distress and misery; making wretched; wretched; unhappy.
"This sad and
calamitous condition."
South. "A
calamitous prison"
Milton.
Syn. -- Miserable; deplorable; distressful; afflictive; grievous; baleful; disastrous; adverse; unhappy; severe; sad; unfortunate.
-- Ca*lam"i*tous*ly, adv. -- Ca*lam"i*tous*ness, n.
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