cataclysmal

1. 1.

   severely destructive

   “cataclysmic nuclear war”

   “a cataclysmic earthquake”

   Synonymscataclysmic

   Similardestructive

Questions about cataclysmal

What does cataclysmal mean?

cataclysmal means "severely destructive".

How many syllables are in cataclysmal?

cataclysmal has 4 syllables: ca-ta-cly-smal. The stress falls on "ta".

What is another word for cataclysmal?

Close synonyms include cataclysmic. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is cataclysmal a common word?

cataclysmal is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.