English Explanatory Dictionary

apocalyptic

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Of or relating to an apocalypse:
  2. Revelatory; prophetic.
  3. Catastrophic; disastrous.
  4. Portending a future apocalypse (disaster, devastation, or doom).
  5. Catachresis for apoplectic.
noun
  1. One who predicts apocalypse.

Pronunciation

/əˈpɒ.kə.lɪp.tɪk/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-apocalyptic.wav

Word forms

apocalyptic apocalyptics

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin apocalypticus, from Ancient Greek ἀποκαλυπτικός (apokaluptikós, “revelatory”), from ἀποκάλυψις (apokálupsis, “revelation”), from ἀποκαλύπτω (apokalúptō, “to reveal, uncover”).

Synonyms

apocalypticist doomsayer

Antonyms

nonapocalyptic

Derived words

apocalyptical apocalypticalist apocalyptically apocalypticism apocalypticist apocalyptic number apocalyptism peri-apocalyptic post-apocalyptic postapocalyptic preapocalyptic

Translations

Catalan: apocalíptic Danish: apokalyptisk Dutch: apocalyptisch Esperanto: apokalipsa Finnish: apokalyptinen French: apocalyptique German: apokalyptisch Greek: αποκαλυπτικός Irish: apacailipteach Norwegian Bokmål: apokalyptisk Norwegian Nynorsk: apokalyptisk Polish: apokaliptyczny Portuguese: apocalíptico Portuguese: apocalítico Romanian: apocaliptic Russian: апокалипти́ческий Spanish: apocalíptico Swedish: apokalyptisk
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