Catastrophic — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

extremely harmful; bringing physical or financial ruin

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/kˌæɾəstɹˈɑːfɪk/

🇬🇧British English

/ˈaɹəɹ/

🇮🇳Indian English

/ˈaɹəɹ/

4 syllables Say it as /kˌæɾəstɹˈɑːfɪk/.

Examples

a catastrophic depression
catastrophic illness
a ruinous course of action

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

ruinous

Parts of Speech

adjective

extremely harmful; bringing physical or financial ruin

“a catastrophic depression”

Word Forms

ruin

noun

an irrecoverable state of devastation and destruction

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

katastrophal

äußerst schädlich; physischen oder finanziellen Ruin bringen

🇫🇷French

catastrophique

extrêmement nocif; apporter la ruine physique ou financière

🇪🇸Spanish

catastrófico

extremadamente dañino; traer ruina física o financiera

🇮🇹Italian

catastrofico

estremamente dannoso; portando rovina fisica o finanziaria

🇳🇱Dutch

catastrofaal

uiterst schadelijk; fysieke of financiële ondergang veroorzaken

🇵🇹Portuguese

catastrófico

extremamente prejudicial; trazendo ruína física ou financeira

🇷🇺Russian

катастрофический

чрезвычайно вреден; приносящий физический или финансовый крах

India

🇮🇳Hindi

आपत्तिजनक

अत्यंत हानिकारक; शारीरिक या आर्थिक बर्बादी लाना

🇧🇩Bengali

বিপর্যয়কর

অত্যন্ত ক্ষতিকর; শারীরিক বা আর্থিক ধ্বংস আনয়ন

🇮🇳Tamil

பேரழிவு

மிகவும் தீங்கு விளைவிக்கும்; உடல் அல்லது நிதி அழிவைக் கொண்டுவருகிறது

🇮🇳Telugu

విపత్తు

అత్యంత హానికరమైన; భౌతిక లేదా ఆర్థిక నాశనాన్ని తీసుకురావడం

🇮🇳Marathi

आपत्तीजनक

अत्यंत हानिकारक; भौतिक किंवा आर्थिक नासाडी आणणे

🇮🇳Gujarati

આપત્તિજનક

અત્યંત હાનિકારક; ભૌતિક અથવા નાણાકીય વિનાશ લાવવું

🇮🇳Kannada

ದುರಂತ

ಅತ್ಯಂತ ಹಾನಿಕಾರಕ; ಭೌತಿಕ ಅಥವಾ ಆರ್ಥಿಕ ವಿನಾಶವನ್ನು ತರುವುದು

🇮🇳Malayalam

വിനാശകരമായ

അങ്ങേയറ്റം ഹാനികരമാണ്; ശാരീരികമോ സാമ്പത്തികമോ ആയ നാശം കൊണ്ടുവരുന്നു

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਘਾਤਕ

ਬਹੁਤ ਨੁਕਸਾਨਦੇਹ; ਸਰੀਰਕ ਜਾਂ ਵਿੱਤੀ ਤਬਾਹੀ ਲਿਆਉਣਾ

🇵🇰Urdu

تباہ کن

انتہائی نقصان دہ؛ جسمانی یا مالی بربادی لانا

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

灾难性的

极其有害；造成物质或经济损失

🇯🇵Japanese

壊滅的な

極めて有害。物理的または経済的な破滅をもたらす

🇰🇷Korean

재앙적인

극도로 유해함; 육체적 또는 재정적 파멸을 가져오는

🇻🇳Vietnamese

thảm họa

cực kỳ có hại; mang lại sự hủy hoại về thể chất hoặc tài chính

🇹🇭Thai

หายนะ

เป็นอันตรายอย่างยิ่ง นำมาซึ่งความหายนะทางกายภาพหรือทางการเงิน

🇮🇩Indonesian

bencana

sangat berbahaya; membawa kehancuran fisik atau finansial

🇵🇭Filipino

sakuna

lubhang nakakapinsala; nagdudulot ng pisikal o pinansyal na kapahamakan

🇲🇾Malay

malapetaka

amat berbahaya; membawa kemusnahan fizikal atau kewangan

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

كارثية

ضارة للغاية جلب الخراب المادي أو المالي

🇮🇷Persian

فاجعه بار

بسیار مضر؛ ویرانی فیزیکی یا مالی

🇹🇷Turkish

felaket niteliğinde

son derece zararlı; fiziksel veya mali yıkıma neden olmak

🇮🇱Hebrew

הָרֵה אָסוֹן

מזיק ביותר; מביא להרס פיזי או כלכלי

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