disastrous
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disastrous
- /dɪˈzɑː.stɹəs/ UK
- /dɪˈzæs.tɹəs/ US
- /dɪˈzaː.stɹəs/ Australia
Where it comes from
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)).
adjective more disastrous · most disastrous · disastress
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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 victor
Similar: cataclysmic, catastrophic
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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.
Similar: baleful, ill-boding, inauspicious, ominous, sinister, augurous, bodeful, boding, dire, disastrous, divine, fatal · Opposite: auspicious, fortunate, auspicial, favorable, fortuitous, lucky, propitious, prosperous, serendipitous, teratical
Similar: apocalyptic, calamitous, cataclysmal, cataclysmic, catastrophic, deadly, debacular, destructive, devastating, disadventurous, disastrous, eradicative, extirpative, fatal, harmful, lethal, pernicious, ruinous, woeful
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: calamitous, unfortunate, black, fateful, fatal, worst-case, deleterious, harmful, detrimental, damaging, pernicious, devastating, dismal, abject, dire, catastrophic
adjective
Similar: apocalyptic, calamitous, cataclysmal, cataclysmic, catastrophic, deadly, debacular, destructive, devastating, disadventurous, disastrous, eradicative, extirpative, fatal, harmful, lethal, pernicious, ruinous, woeful
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adj of the nature of a disaster; calamitous
| Español | desastroso |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 재난의 jaenanui, 처참하다 cheochamhada |
| 日本語 | 忌まわしい imawashii |
| 中文 | 灾难的 |
| Português | desastroso |
| Français | désastreux |
| Deutsch | desaströs, katastrophal, verheerend |
| Ελληνικά | καταστροφικός katastrofikós |
| Русский | бе́дственный bédstvennyj, ги́бельный gíbelʹnyj, катастрофи́ческий katastrofíčeskij |
adj foreboding disaster; ill-omened
| 日本語 | 忌まわしい imawashii |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 灾难性的 |
| Deutsch | verhängnisvoll |
| Русский | па́губный págubnyj |
Talk about this word "disastrous." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/disastrous. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. disastrous. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/disastrous "disastrous." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/disastrous.Cite this
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title = {disastrous},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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