Definition of "aftermath" in Englisch

noun

1. (obsolete, agriculture) A second mowing; the grass which grows after the first crop of hay in the same season; lattermath.

2. That which happens after, that which follows, usually of strongly negative connotation in most contexts, implying a preceding catastrophe.

   • In contrast to most projections of the aftermath of nuclear war, in this there is no rioting or looting.