1. (an event resulting in great loss and misfortune
"the whole city was affected by the irremediable calamity"
"the earthquake was a disaster")
calamity, catastrophe, disaster, tragedy, cataclysm
synonim: tragedia
synonim: dramat
synonim: cios
synonim: zguba
2. (a feeling of intense unhappiness
"she was exhausted by her misery and grief")
misery: : synonim: niedola
(zły los) misfortune, bad fortune, bad luck
(wypadek) accident
(kłopot, zmartwienie) unhappiness
(tragedia) disaster
(katastrofa, klęska) calamity
na ~ unfortunately
znosić dzielnie ~ to bear misfortune bravely
przynosić ~ to bring bad luck
n nt C 1. (zły los) misfortune; bad luck; trouble: na ~unfortunately; na czyjeś ~to one's cost; ~a chodzą parami it never rains but it pours; ~a chodzą po ludziach accidents will happen. 2. (tragedia) disaster; calamity
ntr misfortune
calamity, disaster
bad luck
na nieszczęście - unfortunately
na moje nieszczęście - to my misfortune
nieszczęścia chodzą po ludziach - accidents will happen
disaster n
ADVERSITY
LUCK: BAD LUCK
AFFLICTION
DISTRESS
FATALITY
CALAMITY
DISASTER
ACCIDENT
MISHAP
MISFORTUNE
MISCHANCE
MISADVENTURE
BANE
BALE
MISERY
n misfortune; disaster; bad luck; na ~ unfortunately; na moje ~ to my misfortune
unhappiness
misery (pl. miseries)
affliction
misfortune
disaster
calamity (pl. calamities)
abjection
afflict
casualty
disease
grid
grief
mischief
tribulation
woe