disastrous
/dɪˈzɑː.stɹəs//dɪˈzæs.tɹəs/
disastrous adjective: of the nature of a disaster; calamitous.
Adjective
disastrous (comparative more disastrous, superlative most disastrous)
- Of the nature of a disaster; calamitous.
- In addition, he was also able to reinforce the unease among progressive Democratic-leaning voters over Clinton’s disastrous pro-interventionist positions, thereby suppressing turnout and encouraging third party support in some key swing states that made the difference in his Electoral College...2024 August 21, Daniel Falcone, “Trump Was Never a “Moderate” on Foreign Policy”, in Truthout
- Synonyms:
- cataclysmic, catastrophic
- Foreboding disaster; ill-omened.
- A fearsome sight it was to behold how he swelled in his wrath, and his eyes blazed like disastrous stars at midnight, and being wood with anger he gnashed his teeth till the froth stood at his lips and slavered down his chin.1922, E[ric] R[ücker] Eddison, The Worm Ouroboros: A Romance, London: Jonathan Cape […], →OCLC, page 27
- Synonyms:
- baleful, ill-boding, inauspicious, ominous, sinister, augurous, bodeful, boding, dire, divine
- Antonyms:
- auspicious, fortunate, auspicial, favorable, fortuitous, lucky, propitious, prosperous, serendipitous, teratical
disastrous meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Malayalam and Sanskrit
disastrous in Tamil
- பேரழிவுகரமான
disastrous in Urdu
- ہلاکت خیز, پرآفت, تباہ کن
disastrous in Malayalam
- ദുരന്തമായ, അപായകരമായ, ദൗർഭാഗ്യകരമായ, ദാരുണമായ, വിനാശകരമായ
disastrous in Sanskrit
- disastrous, calamitous
- वृजिन vṛjiná
More languagesFewer languages
- disastrous in Thai
- หายนะ hǎa-yá-ná
Examples of disastrous in a sentence
- Napoleon's drive on Moscow was as determined as it was disastrous.
- "Your decisions," she opined, "have been unfailingly disastrous for this company."
- This year's cotton harvest was great but the corn harvest was disastrous.
Synonyms of disastrous
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Antonyms
Forms of disastrous
| comparative | more disastrous |
|---|---|
| superlative | most disastrous |
| alternative form (obsolete) | disastress |
Origin of disastrous
From disaster + -ous, after Middle French desastreux (modern French désastreux; from desastre (modern French désastre, “disaster”; from des- + astre, a calque of Italian disastro) + -eux), itself after Italian disastroso, from disastro + -oso, from dis- (“away, without”) (from Latin dis-) + astro (“star, planet”) (from Latin astrum (“star, celestial body”), from Ancient Greek ᾰ̓́στρον (ắstron)).
Words formed from disastrous
Questions about disastrous
- What does disastrous mean?
- Disastrous means of the nature of a disaster; calamitous.
- What is disastrous in Tamil?
- Disastrous in Tamil is பேரழிவுகரமான. See Disastrous meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is disastrous?
- Disastrous is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce disastrous?
- Disastrous is pronounced /dɪˈzɑː.stɹəs/ (UK).
Words near disastrous in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: disastrous (page history and authors); disastrous (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); disastrous (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); disastrous (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); वृजिन (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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