Other forms: aftermaths
The aftermath is the period and conditions that follow a disaster. In the aftermath of the flood.
It takes of and is used only of bad events rather than good ones. The word originally meant a second crop of grass cut after the first, which is a far gentler picture.
1nounaftermathThe period and conditions that follow a disaster.
“The aftermath lasted longer than the storm by about two years.”
aftermath is a period.
From after- + math.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA