Definition of disastrous Disastrous

/dɪzæˈstɹʌs/ - [dizastrus] - dis•as•trous

We found 6 definitions of disastrous from 4 different sources.

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What does disastrous mean?

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Adjective

disastrous - (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"
  black, calamitous, fatal, fateful
  unfortunate unsuitable or regrettable; "an unfortunate choice of words"; "an unfortunate speech"
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • disastrous (a.)
    Full of unpropitious stellar influences; unpropitious; ill-boding.
  • disastrous (a.)
    Attended with suffering or disaster; very unfortunate; calamitous; ill-fated; as, a disastrous day; a disastrous termination of an undertaking.

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  • disastrous
    Causing great distress or injury; bringing ruin.

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