apocalyptical
Of total destruction
Apocalyptical is a rare variant of apocalyptic, describing something relating to or resembling an apocalypse—catastrophic destruction or the end of the world.
The standard form apocalyptic dominates in both religious contexts apocalyptic prophecy and secular ones apocalyptic climate scenarios.
Apocalyptical appears occasionally in older texts but sounds archaic or overly formal today.
Devastating, large-scale misfortune
- devastationSevere widespread destruction
- annihilationUtter, complete destruction
- extinctionComplete vanishing of a species
- destructionAct of completely ruining
collapse · disaster · holocaust · obliteration · cataclysm · upheaval · ruination · wasteland
Prophesied ultimate conflict
- raptureOverwhelming ecstatic feeling
- tribulationState of great distress
- four horsemenFour dominant field leaders
- antichristEnemy of the faith
messiah · eschatology · millenarianism · Book of Revelation · end times · final judgment · prophecy · damnation
Fearful anticipation of harm
- portentousOminously significant
- direExtremely serious or urgent
- grimHarsh and foreboding
- premonitoryGiving advance warning
harbinger · fateful · signs and wonders · blood moon · plague of locusts · fire and brimstone · wrath · reckoning
Surprising disclosed truth
- visionAbility to see
- seerOne who envisions futures
- oracleAuthoritative wisdom source
- prophecy fulfilledPredicted event comes true
divine warning · unveiling · mystical insight · trumpet call · scrolls · divine plan
catastrophe
Devastating, large-scale misfortune
- devastationSevere widespread destruction
- annihilationUtter, complete destruction
- extinctionComplete vanishing of a species
destruction · collapse · disaster · holocaust · obliteration · cataclysm · upheaval · ruination · wasteland · desolation
Armageddon
Prophesied ultimate conflict
- raptureOverwhelming ecstatic feeling
- tribulationState of great distress
- four horsemenFour dominant field leaders
antichrist · messiah · eschatology · millenarianism · Book of Revelation · end times · final judgment · prophecy · damnation · salvation
foreboding
Fearful anticipation of harm
- portentousOminously significant
- direExtremely serious or urgent
- grimHarsh and foreboding
premonitory · harbinger · fateful · signs and wonders · blood moon · plague of locusts · fire and brimstone · wrath · reckoning · impending doom
revelation
Surprising disclosed truth
prophecy fulfilled · divine warning · unveiling · mystical insight · trumpet call · scrolls · divine plan
apocalypticalgradual
Developing slowly over time
incremental · evolutionary · slow-moving · progressive · glacial
apocalypticalutopian
Impractically perfect in conception
hopeful · optimistic · idyllic · edenic · paradisiacal
- apocalyptic visionProphetic image of cataclysm
- post-apocalyptic fictionStories after society's destruction
- post-apocalyptic worldsSettings after civilization's end
- apocalyptic fictionGenre depicting global destruction
- apocalyptic prophecyForetelling of catastrophic finality
- apocalyptic beliefsExpectations of imminent catastrophe