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Calamitousness

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.

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calamitousness

n. The state or quality of being calamitous.