catastrophe

n. தலைதடுமாற்றம், அழிவி, கேடான முடிவு, திடீரென நேரிடும் விபத்து, கவிழ்வு, நாடக முகடு, கதையின் உச்ச உணர்ச்சிநிலைக் கட்டம், (மண்.) பொருள்களின் அமைப்பைத் தலைகீழாக்கும் நிகழ்ச்சி.

Synonyms

revolution disaster calamity misfortune misadventure reverse blow visitation

Antonyms

blessing victory triumph felicitation achievement ovation success godsend

Ca*tas"tro*phe, n. Etym: [L. catastropha, Gr. 1. An event producing a subversion of the order or system of things; a final event, usually of a calamitous or disastrous nature; hence, sudden calamity; great misfortune. The strange catastrophe of affairs now at London. Bp. Buret. The most horrible and portentous catastrophe that nature ever yet saw. Woodward. 2. The final event in a romance or a dramatic piece; a denouement, as a death in a tragedy, or a marriage in a comedy. 3. (Geol.) Defn: A violent and widely extended change in the surface of the earth, as, an elevation or subsidence of some part of it, effected by internal causes. Whewell.

catastrophe - Similar Words

catastrophic anastrophe catastrophist catastrophism antistrophe catastrophical astrophel epanastrophe strophe apostrophe