Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Calamitous

Calamitous , adjective

[Latin Calamitosus; compare French calamiteux.]

1.
Suffering calamity; wretched; miserable. [Obsolete]
Ten thousands of calamitous persons. — South
2.
Producing, or attended with distress and misery; making wretched; wretched; unhappy.
This sad and calamitous condition. — South
A calamitous prison — Milton