disasters

Synonyms

holocaust catastrophe calamity fiasco mishap cataclysm misadventure tragedy

Examples

The miserable failures of capitalist economies in the Great Depression were root causes of worldwide social and political disasters. James Tobin

My friends, as I have discovered myself, there are no disasters, only opportunities. And, indeed, opportunities for fresh disasters. Boris Johnson

The great secret of a successful marriage is to treat all disasters as incidents and none of the incidents as disasters. Harold Nicolson

When shall we see poets born? After a time of disasters and great misfortunes, when harrowed nations begin to breathe again. And then, shaken by the terror of such spectacles, imaginations will paint things entirely strange to those who have not witnessed them. Denis Diderot

Disasters never come alone. Chinese Proverb

We are the authors of our own disasters. Latin Proverb