apocalyptic

apoc·a·lyp·tic

adj \ə-ˌpä-kə-ˈlip-tik\

Definition of APOCALYPTIC

1

: of, relating to, or resembling an apocalypse

2

: forecasting the ultimate destiny of the world : prophetic

3

: foreboding imminent disaster or final doom : terrible

4

: wildly unrestrained : grandiose

5

: ultimately decisive : climactic <an apocalyptic battle>

— apoc·a·lyp·ti·cal·ly \-ti-k(ə-)lē\ adverb

Variants of APOCALYPTIC

apoc·a·lyp·tic also apoc·a·lyp·ti·cal \-ti-kəl\

Examples of APOCALYPTIC

1. No one listened to her apocalyptic predictions.
2. a less apocalyptic view of the future
3. the apocalyptic destruction of the world

First Known Use of APOCALYPTIC

1663

Related to APOCALYPTIC

Synonyms: climactic (also apocalyptical), climacteric

Related Words: apical, apogean, crestal, crowning, culminating, high, highest, meridian; critical, crossover, crucial, fateful, life-and-death (also life-or-death), vital; cataclysmal (or cataclysmic), earthshaking, epochal, momentous; deciding, decisive, payoff, pivotal, watershed; go-no-go, make-or-break

Near Antonyms: anticlimactic (also anticlimactical); inconsequential, indecisive, insignificant, noncritical, trivial, unimportant

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Other Bible Terms

antediluvian, apocrypha, behemoth