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disastrous

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of disastrous

1 bringing about ruin or misfortune

a split-second, disastrous decision that I would forever regret

Synonyms of disastrous

calamitous, cataclysmal (or cataclysmic), catastrophic, damning, destructive, fatal, fateful, ruinous, unfortunate

Words Related to disastrous

apocalyptic (also apocalyptical)

hapless, ill-fated, ill-starred, luckless

adverse, baleful, baneful, damaging, deleterious, detrimental, evil, harmful, hurtful, ill, injurious, noxious, pernicious, prejudicial

Near Antonyms of disastrous

fluky (also flukey), fortuitous, fortunate, happy, lucky, providential

auspicious, bright, encouraging, fair, golden, heartening, hopeful, optimistic, promising, propitious, rose-colored, rosy, upbeat

2 causing or tending to cause destruction

a disastrous fire from which the town never fully recovered

Synonyms of disastrous

annihilatory, calamitous, cataclysmal (or cataclysmic), destructive, devastating, devastative, ruinous

Words Related to disastrous

antibiotic, biocidal

baleful, deadly, deathly, fatal, fell, killer, lethal, mortal, murderous, pestilent, poisonous, virulent, vital

deleterious, detrimental, harmful, pernicious

Near Antonyms of disastrous

preservative, protective

constructive, creative, formative, productive

harmless, innocent, innocuous, inoffensive

ameliorative, helpful, useful

healthful, healthy, nonfatal, nonlethal, salubrious, wholesome

Antonyms of disastrous

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