apocalyptic

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. sıfat Revelatory; prophetic.

   “Let him go and make, and burn, a pile or two [of bricks] with his own hands; he will thereby receive apocalyptic visions of a nature novel to his soul.”

2. sıfat Catastrophic; disastrous.

   “For the first time since the show began, a sense of utter loneliness overwhelmed me, a bitter despair at the uselessness of individual effort in this gigantic tragedy of apocalyptic destruction.”

3. sıfat Portending a future apocalypse (disaster, devastation, or doom).

   “Submissions on the part of gay teachers and students and organizations were countered by apocalyptic denunciations on the part of Bible-toting mothers and fathers expertly organized by the right.”

4. sıfat Catachresis for apoplectic.

   “He was apocalyptically furious.”

5. isim One who predicts apocalypse.