apocalyptic

(ə-pŏk'ə-lĭp'tĭk) also a·poc·a·lyp·ti·cal (-tĭ-kəl)
adj.

1. Of or relating to an apocalypse.
2. Involving or portending widespread devastation or ultimate doom: "now speaks in apocalyptic terms about the probable conflict ahead" (Financial Times).
3. Characterized by usually exaggerated predictions of or allusions to a disastrous outcome: "Stripped of its apocalyptic tone, what this amounts to is an advocacy of teaching names, dates and places by rote" (Stefan Kanfer).
4. Of a revelatory or prophetic nature.

apocalyptically a·poc'a·lyp'ti·cal·ly adv.

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adjective

Portending future disaster: apocalyptical, baneful, dire, direful, fateful, fire-and-brimstone, grave, hellfire, ominous, portentous, unlucky. See luck/misfortune/chance, warn/invite.

apocalyptic, revealing the secrets of the future through prophecy; or having the character of an apocalypse or world‐consuming holocaust. Apocalyptic writing is usually concerned with the coming end of the world, seen in terms of a visionary scheme of history, as in Yeats's poem ‘The Second Coming’. See also eschatology.

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• Occult States and Experiences - apocalyptic: (adj) forecasting or suggesting end of world

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See words rhyming with "apocalyptic."

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - apokalyptisk, undergangs-

Nederlands (Dutch)
apocalyptisch

Français (French)
adj. - apocalyptique

Deutsch (German)
adj. - apokalyptisch, offenbarend

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - αποκαλυπτικός, της Αποκάλυψης, προφητικός

Italiano (Italian)
apocalittico

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - apocalíptico

Русский (Russian)
апокалипсический

Español (Spanish)
adj. - apocalíptico

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - apokalyptisk, undergångs-

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
启示录的, 天启的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 啟示錄的, 天啟的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 천계의, 계시록의

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 黙示の, 黙示録の, 啓示的な, 世の終末を思わせる, 終末論的な

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) خاص بسفر الرؤيا, رؤيوي : شبيه بسفر الرؤيا أو برؤيا‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮של חזון אחרית הימים, נבואי, אפוקליפטי‬

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