adj
Meaning 1
Of or pertaining to a catastrophe.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
catastrophic
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /kætəˈstɹɒfɪk/
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General-American, dialectal: /ˌkætəˈstɹɑfɪk/ of Canada
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General-American, dialectal: [ˌkæɾəˈstɹɑfɪk] of Canada
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Canada, dialectal: /ˌkætəˈstɹɒfɪk/ of the US
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Canada, dialectal: [ˌkæɾəˈstɹɒfɪk] of the US
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Australian: /kætəˈstɹɔfɪk/
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Australian: [kæɾəˈstɹɔfɪk]
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rhymes with -ɒfɪk
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adj
Meaning 2
Disastrous; ruinous.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
From which recovery is impossible.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- catastrophic failure
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 4
extremely harmful; bringing physical or financial ruin
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a catastrophic depression
- catastrophic illness
- a ruinous course of action
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: ruinous
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek καταστροφικός (katastrophikós). By surface analysis, catastrophe + -ic.
Across languages
Translations
53 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Belarusian: катастрафі́чны (katastrafíčny) — of or pertaining to a catastrophe
- Catalan: catastròfic — of or pertaining to a catastrophe
- Chinese Mandarin: 災難的 /灾难的 (zāinàn de) — of or pertaining to a catastrophe
- Chinese Mandarin: 災難性的 /灾难性的 (zāinànxìng de) — of or pertaining to a catastrophe
- Czech: katastrofický — of or pertaining to a catastrophe
- Dutch: catastrofisch — of or pertaining to a catastrophe
- Esperanto: katastrofa — of or pertaining to a catastrophe
- Finnish: katastrofaalinen — of or pertaining to a catastrophe
- French: catastrophique — of or pertaining to a catastrophe
- Galician: catastrófico — of or pertaining to a catastrophe
- Georgian: კატასტროფული (ḳaṭasṭropuli) — of or pertaining to a catastrophe
- German: Katastrophen- — of or pertaining to a catastrophe
- Polish: katastrofalny — of or pertaining to a catastrophe
- Portuguese: catastrófico — of or pertaining to a catastrophe
- Romanian: catastrofic — of or pertaining to a catastrophe
- Romanian: catastrofal — of or pertaining to a catastrophe
- Russian: катастрофи́ческий (katastrofíčeskij) — of or pertaining to a catastrophe
- Russian: катастрофи́чный (katastrofíčnyj) — of or pertaining to a catastrophe
- Serbo-Croatian: katastrofalan — of or pertaining to a catastrophe
- Serbo-Croatian: katastrofalni — of or pertaining to a catastrophe
- Spanish: catastrófico — of or pertaining to a catastrophe
- Ukrainian: катастрофі́чний (katastrofíčnyj) — of or pertaining to a catastrophe
- Volapük: katastrofik — of or pertaining to a catastrophe
- Welsh: catastroffig — of or pertaining to a catastrophe
- Belarusian: катастрафі́чны (katastrafíčny) — disastrous; ruinous
- Catalan: catastròfic — disastrous; ruinous
- Chinese Mandarin: 招致大禍的 /招致大祸的 (zhāozhì dàhuò de) — disastrous; ruinous
- Chinese Mandarin: 悲慘的 /悲惨的 (bēicǎn de) — disastrous; ruinous
- Czech: katastrofický — disastrous; ruinous
- Dutch: catastrofaal — disastrous; ruinous
- Dutch: rampzalig — disastrous; ruinous
- Estonian: hukatuslik — disastrous; ruinous
- Finnish: katastrofaalinen — disastrous; ruinous
- French: catastrophique — disastrous; ruinous
- French: désastreux — disastrous; ruinous
- Galician: catastrófico — disastrous; ruinous
- Galician: desastroso — disastrous; ruinous
- Georgian: კატასტროფული (ḳaṭasṭropuli) — disastrous; ruinous
- German: katastrophal — disastrous; ruinous
- Hungarian: katasztrofális — disastrous; ruinous
- Korean: 비참한 (bichamhan) — disastrous; ruinous
- Polish: katastrofalny — disastrous; ruinous
- Portuguese: catastrófico — disastrous; ruinous
- Romanian: catastrofic — disastrous; ruinous
- Romanian: dezastruos — disastrous; ruinous
- Russian: катастрофи́ческий (katastrofíčeskij) — disastrous; ruinous
- Russian: бе́дственный (bédstvennyj) — disastrous; ruinous
- Russian: ги́бельный (gíbelʹnyj) — disastrous; ruinous
- Spanish: catastrófico — disastrous; ruinous
- Spanish: desastroso — disastrous; ruinous
- Ukrainian: катастрофі́чний (katastrofíčnyj) — disastrous; ruinous
- Volapük: katastrofik — disastrous; ruinous
- Welsh: trychinebus — disastrous; ruinous
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