CALAMITOUS
\kɐlˈamɪtəs], \kɐlˈamɪtəs], \k_ɐ_l_ˈa_m_ɪ_t_ə_s]\
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Suffering calamity; wretched; miserable.
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Producing, or attended with distress and misery; making wretched; wretched; unhappy.
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Suffering calamity; wretched; miserable.
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Producing, or attended with distress and misery; making wretched; wretched; unhappy.
By Noah Webster.
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Producing, or resulting from, disaster; as, calamitous floods often result from the overflowing of the Ohio River.
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Calamitously.
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Calamitousness.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
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Theodore Tilton
- American journalist, verse-writer, editor, lecturer; born in New York city, Oct. 2, 1835. was long known as editor on the Independent(1856-72). established Golden Age(newspaper), but retired from it after two years. 1883 went abroad, where remained. Besides numerous essays fugitive pieces, he has published: "The Sexton's Tale, and Other Poems"(1867); "Sanctum Sanctorum; or, An Editor's Proof Sheets"(1869); "Tempest-Tossed", a romance(1873); "Thou I"(1880); "Suabian Stories",(1882). Died 1907.