Meanings
comparative more cataclysmal · superlative most cataclysmal
- As noisy or destructive as a cataclysm.
Perhaps she’s so deaf that nothing short of a cataclysmal uproar will reach her auditory nerves.
1897, Richard Marsh, The Beetle1 more example
That they have been exterminated by exceptional cataclysmal changes of the earth's surface has not been proved.
1861, Richard Owen, Palaeontology Or A Systematic Summary of Extinct Animals and Their Geological RelationsSynonyms: cataclysmic
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveAs noisy or destructive as a cataclysm.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectiveseverely destructive
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Spanish cataclismal
- cataclismalas noisy or destructive as a cataclysm
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cataclysmal. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cataclysmal
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