The root word of calamity is "calamitas," which comes from Latin and means "disaster" or "misfortune."
The word "catastrophe" comes from the Greek word "katastrophē," which means "overturning" or "sudden turn." It is used to describe a sudden and widespread disaster.
The pillow fight was disaster!
One option is the word disaster.
The origin of the word "disaster" comes from the Greek word "disastēr," which means "bad star." It was believed in ancient times that misfortunes and calamities were caused by the position of stars in the sky.
The suffix "-aster" is commonly used in English to denote a disaster or a person who is inept or inferior. It is derived from the Latin word "disastrum," meaning "ill-starred." When added to a word, it changes the meaning to indicate a severe or catastrophic event, such as "disaster," "catastrophe," or "asterisk."
Your room is a disaster! Go clean it!
There was a big disaster after the tornado in town.
So that you will be ready when a disaster comes.
The word 'disaster' is a noun, a word for a sudden event that causes great damage or loss of life; an event that has unfortunate consequences. The noun 'disaster' is a singular, common, abstract noun; a word for a concept; a word for a thing.
It has sometimes been suggested that eucatastrophe be used as the opposite of catastrophe or disaster, but the word has never really caught on. The best we can do, to indicate the opposite of a disaster, is to describe an event as extremely fortunate. In some contexts the word breakthrough will convey that meaning.
There was a tragic Disaster on September 11, 2001.