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Disastrous

Disastrous Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Disastrous? [adj] (of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin; "the stock market crashed on Black Friday"; "a calamitous defeat"; "the battle was a disastrous end to a disastrous campaign"; "such doctrines, if true, would be absolutely fatal to my theory"- Charles Darwin; "it is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it"- Douglas MacArthur; "a fateful error" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Disastrous: black \| calamitous \| fatal \| fateful \| unfortunate Related Terms \| Find terms related to Disastrous: appalling \| awful \| baneful \| black \| calamitous \| cataclysmal \| cataclysmic \| catastrophic \| consuming \| consumptive \| convulsive \| deadly \| demolishing \| demolitionary \| depredatory \| desolating \| destroying \| destructive \| detrimental \| devastating \| dire \| doomful \| dreadful \| fatal \| fateful \| fratricidal \| grievous \| hapless \| harmful \| harrowing \| herky-jerky \| horrendous \| horrible \| horrifying \| internecine \| jerky \| luckless \| nihilist \| nihilistic \| orgasmic \| paroxysmal \| ravaging \| ruining \| ruinous \| seismic \| self-destructive \| spasmodic \| spastic \| subversionary \| subversive \| suicidal \| terrible \| tragic \| unfortunate \| unlucky \| upheaving \| vandalic \| vandalish \| vandalistic \| wasteful \| wasting \| withering \| wreckful See Also \| Disastrous In Webster's Dictionary \Disas"trous\, a. [Cf. F. d['e]sastreux. See {Disaster}.] 1. Full of unpropitious stellar influences; unpropitious; ill-boding. [Obs.] The moon In dim eclipse, disastrous twilight sheds. --Milton. 2. Attended with suffering or disaster; very unfortunate; calamitous; ill-fated; as, a disastrous day; a disastrous termination of an undertaking. Wherein I spake of most disastrous chances. --Shak. -- {Disas"trously}, adv. -- {Disas"trous*ness}, n.

Disastrous Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Disastrous?

[adj] (of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin; "the stock market crashed on Black Friday"; "a calamitous defeat"; "the battle was a disastrous end to a disastrous campaign"; "such doctrines, if true, would be absolutely fatal to my theory"- Charles Darwin; "it is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it"- Douglas MacArthur; "a fateful error"

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Disastrous In Webster's Dictionary

\Dis*as"trous\, a. [Cf. F. d['e]sastreux. See
{Disaster}.]
1. Full of unpropitious stellar influences; unpropitious;
   ill-boding. [Obs.]

         The moon In dim eclipse, disastrous twilight sheds.
                                               --Milton.

2. Attended with suffering or disaster; very unfortunate;
   calamitous; ill-fated; as, a disastrous day; a disastrous
   termination of an undertaking.

         Wherein I spake of most disastrous chances. --Shak.
   -- {Dis*as"trous*ly}, adv. -- {Dis*as"trous*ness}, n.

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