calamitous

He had more than good reason to wish a calamitous end on such women.

Had the situation been less calamitous, he might have smiled.

Since their calamitous wedding day he had left her alone.

"I had something on my mind beyond your calamitous personal affairs."

They cannot live as men do without calamitous consequences for the family, society, and country.

Why, then, should the success of the operation be so calamitous?

With news so calamitous, the Council knew they could not keep the information secret for long.

For the moment, though, it is viewed as among the most calamitous ever.

The confusion this created in schools alone was nothing short of calamitous.

I had what in less calamitous circumstances might have been called "a good view" of it all.

The year 1922 was the most calamitous in the whole history of modern Greece.

The country is in the fourth year of a calamitous drought.

"Fortunately I am able to bear up under the calamitous news."

Neither woman was particularly sure, though no doubt it could be something calamitous.

Also a thousand other calamitous events which will be known to happen in due time.

History shows that it would only mean a calamitous repetition of the past.

For those about to retire this latest fall is nothing short of calamitous.

Oh, certainly, the ship was associated with calamitous death and destruction.

This part of the banner, the lower half, was too calamitous for the eye.

George had seen Eugene only once since their calamitous encounter.

This scene of existence is, in all its parts, calamitous.

The market crash, something short of calamitous, has at least been an awakening.

A good beginning does not rule out a calamitous ending: that is the way of war.

Calamitous was once a little boy, who could never finish anything (not even a sentence).

But for an international audience, the phony tour was calamitous.