disastrous
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adjective \di-ˈzas-trəs also -ˈsas-\Definition of DISASTROUS
1
: attended by or causing suffering or disaster : calamitous <a disastrous flood>
See Examples of DISASTROUS
- Half the city was destroyed by a disastrous fire.
- The bad weather could have a disastrous effect on the area's tourism industry.
- His failure to back up the computer files had disastrous consequences.
- The strike was economically disastrous.
First Known Use of DISASTROUS
1594
Related to DISASTROUS
- Synonyms
- calamitous, cataclysmal (or cataclysmic), catastrophic, damning, destructive, fatal, fateful, ruinous, unfortunate
- Antonyms
- nondestructive
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