different between disaster vs infelicity
disaster
English
Alternative forms
- disastre (archaic)
Etymology
From Middle French desastre, from Italian disastro, from dis- + astro (“star”), from Latin astrum (“star”), from Ancient Greek ?????? (ástron, “star”), from Proto-Indo-European *h?st?r.
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /d??zæs.t?/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /d??z??s.t?(?)/
- (Northern England) IPA(key): /d??zæs.t?/
- Rhymes: -??st?(?), -æst?(?)
Noun
disaster (countable and uncountable, plural disasters)
- An unexpected natural or man-made catastrophe of substantial extent causing significant physical damage or destruction, loss of life or sometimes permanent change to the natural environment.
- An unforeseen event causing great loss, upset or unpleasantness of whatever kind.
- 2003, The Devil Wears Prada
- A nod means good, two nods; very good. And then there's the pursing of the lips: disaster.
- 2003, The Devil Wears Prada
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:disaster
Derived terms
- natural disaster
Translations
Anagrams
- TARDISes, Tardises, diasters, disastre, disrates, restiads, tardises
disaster From the web:
- what disasters happened in 2020
- what disaster happened at the battle of chancellorsville
- what disaster has happened in the town
- what disaster happened in 1920
- what disasters will happen in 2021
- what disaster happened in 1620
- what disaster happened in the midnight sky
- what disasters are caused by climate change
infelicity
English
Etymology
in- +? felicity, from Latin infelicitas.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -?s?ti
Noun
infelicity (countable and uncountable, plural infelicities)
- (uncountable) The condition of being infelicitous
- (countable) Something that is infelicitous or inappropriate
Antonyms
- (condition): felicity
Translations
infelicity From the web:
- what infelicity mean
- what does infelicity mean
- what does infelicity
- what does felicity mean
- what did infelicity mean
- what does infelicity definition
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