disastrous
Americanadjective
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causing great distress or injury; ruinous; very unfortunate; calamitous.
The rain and cold proved disastrous to his health.
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Archaic. foreboding disaster.
Other Word Forms
- disastrously adverb
- disastrousness noun
- nondisastrous adjective
- nondisastrously adverb
- nondisastrousness noun
- predisastrous adjective
- predisastrously adverb
- quasi-disastrous adjective
- quasi-disastrously adverb
- undisastrous adjective
- undisastrously adverb
Etymology
Origin of disastrous
1580–90; < Middle French desastreux, Italian disastroso. See disaster, -ous
Example Sentences
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Yet the Rams responded to a disastrous first two quarters to level the game in the second half.
From Barron's
Several works feature the most famous, and disastrous, ship to be built in Belfast.
From BBC
Yoon was ousted in April and is now in prison following a brief but disastrous imposition of martial law.
From Barron's
The Countryside Alliance, however, says this would be "disastrous".
From BBC
A year ago there were multiple "What next for Andrew?" pieces, after his disastrous scandal surrounding his links to an alleged Chinese spy.
From BBC
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