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calamity: an event resulting in great loss and misfortune; "the whole city was affected by the irremediable calamity"; "the earthquake was a disaster"

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pessimist collapse: a person who expects the worst

killjoy collapse

defeatist collapse: someone who is resigned to defeat without offering positive suggestions

pileup collapse: multiple collisions of vehicles

mischance collapse

mishap collapse: an instance of misfortune

misadventure collapse

soothsayer collapse

crystal gazer collapse

predictor collapse: a computer for controlling antiaircraft fire that computes the position of an aircraft at the instant of a shell's arrival; information that supports a probabilistic estimate of future events; "the weekly bulletin contains several predictors of mutual fund performance"

prognosticator collapse

fortune teller collapse

astrologer collapse: someone who predicts the future by the positions of the planets and sun and moon

negativist collapse: someone who refuses to do what is asked or does the opposite of what is asked

cynic collapse: someone who is critical of the motives of others; a member of a group of ancient Greek philosophers who advocated the doctrine that virtue is the only good and that the essence of virtue is self-control

misfortune collapse: unnecessary and unforeseen trouble resulting from an unfortunate event; an unfortunate state resulting from unfavorable outcomes

diviner collapse: someone who claims to discover hidden knowledge with the aid of supernatural powers

disease collapse: an impairment of health or a condition of abnormal functioning

tragedy collapse: drama in which the protagonist is overcome by some superior force or circumstance; excites terror or pity

prophet of doom collapse

pestilence collapse: a pernicious and malign influence that is hard to get rid of; "racism is a pestilence at the heart of the nation"; "according to him, I was the canker in their midst"

Cassandra collapse: (Greek mythology) a prophetess in Troy during the Trojan War whose predictions were true but were never believed

disaster collapse: an act that has disastrous consequences

smashup collapse

prophet collapse: an authoritative person who divines the future; someone who speaks by divine inspiration; someone who is an interpreter of the will of God

casualty collapse: a decrease of military personnel or equipment; someone injured or killed in an accident; someone injured or killed or captured or missing in a military engagement

bete noire collapse

augur collapse: (ancient Rome) a religious official who interpreted omens to guide public policy; predict from an omen

fatality collapse: the quality of being able to cause death or fatal disasters; a death resulting from an accident or a disaster; "a decrease in the number of automobile fatalities"

bugbear collapse: an object of dread or apprehension; "Germany was always a bugbear for France"; "A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds"--Ralph Waldo Emerson

Druid collapse: a pre-Christian priest among the Celts of ancient Gaul and Britain and Ireland

psychic collapse: a person apparently sensitive to things beyond the natural range of perception; outside the sphere of physical science; "psychic phenomena"; affecting or influenced by the human mind; "psychic energy"; "psychic trauma"

havoc collapse: violent and needless disturbance

accident collapse: anything that happens by chance without an apparent cause; a mishap; especially one causing injury or death

nemesis collapse: (Greek mythology) the goddess of divine retribution and vengeance

nihilist collapse: someone who rejects all theories of morality or religious belief

disappointment collapse: an act (or failure to act) that disappoints someone; a feeling of dissatisfaction that results when your expectations are not realized; "his hopes were so high he was doomed to disappointment"

shipwreck collapse: a wrecked ship (or a part of one); an accident that destroys a ship at sea; an irretrievable loss; "that was the shipwreck of their romance"; destroy a ship; "The vessel was shipwrecked"; cause to experience shipwreck; "They were shipwrecked in one of the mysteries at sea"; suffer failure, as in some enterprise; ruin utterly; "You have shipwrecked my career"

cataclysm collapse

thorn collapse: a Germanic character of runic origin

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