資料來源 : pyDict
災難地;悲慘地
資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Calamitous \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;
wretched; grievous; baleful; disastrous; adverse;
unhappy; severe; sad; unfortunate. --
{Ca*lam"i*tous*ly}, adv. -- {Ca*lam"i*tous*ness}, n.