Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun calamity

1 sense of calamity

Sense 1
calamity, catastrophe, disaster, tragedy, cataclysm -- (an event resulting in great loss and misfortune; "the whole city was affected by the irremediable calamity"; "the earthquake was a disaster")
       => misfortune, bad luck -- (unnecessary and unforeseen trouble resulting from an unfortunate event)