disastrous en · ADJ
Pronunciation
Etymology
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)).
Meanings
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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 victory.
2024 August 21, Daniel Falcone, “Trump Was Never a “Moderate” on Foreign Policy”, in Truthout:
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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.
1922, E[ric] R[ücker] Eddison, The Worm Ouroboros: A Romance, London: Jonathan Cape […], →OCLC, page 27:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| disastress | alternative, obsolete | lexicographic | |
| more disastrous | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most disastrous | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Antonyms
serendipitous · auspicious · teratical · fortunate · favorable · auspicious · lucky · auspicial · propitious · fortuitous · prosperous · fortunate
Deriveds
disastrousness · nondisastrous · undisastrous · disastrously
Relateds
Synonyms
catastrophic · prodigious · fatal · pernicious · inauspicious · ill-fated · divine · apocalyptic · lethal · deadly · ominous · ill-starred · ruinous · cataclysmic · inauspicate · augurous · fatal · sullen · cataclysmic · foreboding · sinister · devastating · presageful · sinister · extirpative · omenic · cataclysmal · woeful · ill-omened · presagious · portentous · calamitous · catastrophic · ill-boding · harmful · debacular · disastrous · disadventurous · eradicative · bodeful · baleful · baleful · disastrous · destructive · ill-boding · star-crossed · ominous · boding · inauspicious · nefastous · brooding · dire
Translations (44)
fi tuhoisa (of the nature of a disaster; calamitous) · th หายนะ (of the nature of a disaster; calamitous) · pt desastroso (of the nature of a disaster; calamitous) · hu katasztrofális (of the nature of a disaster; calamitous) · ru катастрофи́ческий (of the nature of a disaster; calamitous) · cmn 灾难的 (of the nature of a disaster; calamitous) · ja 忌まわしい (of the nature of a disaster; calamitous) · nl sinister (foreboding disaster; ill-omened) · nl rampzalig (of the nature of a disaster; calamitous) · es desastroso (of the nature of a disaster; calamitous) · tr feci (of the nature of a disaster; calamitous) · ru ги́бельный (of the nature of a disaster; calamitous) · nl onheilspellend (foreboding disaster; ill-omened) · de verhängnisvoll (foreboding disaster; ill-omened) · ca desastrós (of the nature of a disaster; calamitous) · el καταστροφικός (of the nature of a disaster; calamitous) · cmn 灾难性的 (foreboding disaster; ill-omened) · sh ка̏тастрофа̄лан (of the nature of a disaster; calamitous) · bg катастрофален (of the nature of a disaster; calamitous) · hu súlyos (of the nature of a disaster; calamitous) · gl desastroso (of the nature of a disaster; calamitous) · eo katastrofa (of the nature of a disaster; calamitous) · sv ödesdiger (of the nature of a disaster; calamitous) · nl catastrofaal (of the nature of a disaster; calamitous) · sv katastrofal (of the nature of a disaster; calamitous) · sh kȁtastrofālan (of the nature of a disaster; calamitous) · de desaströs (of the nature of a disaster; calamitous) · ru бе́дственный (of the nature of a disaster; calamitous) · bg пагубен (foreboding disaster; ill-omened) · ja 忌まわしい (foreboding disaster; ill-omened) · is hrapallegur (of the nature of a disaster; calamitous) · fi pahaenteinen (foreboding disaster; ill-omened) · mk погубен (of the nature of a disaster; calamitous) · ru па́губный (foreboding disaster; ill-omened) · nl rampspoedig (of the nature of a disaster; calamitous) · mk катастрофален (of the nature of a disaster; calamitous) · hu baljós (foreboding disaster; ill-omened) · la calamitōsus (of the nature of a disaster; calamitous) · ko 처참하다 (of the nature of a disaster; calamitous) · ko 재난의 (of the nature of a disaster; calamitous) · de katastrophal (of the nature of a disaster; calamitous) · bg бедствен (of the nature of a disaster; calamitous) · fr désastreux (of the nature of a disaster; calamitous) · de verheerend (of the nature of a disaster; calamitous)