disastrous
adjective
Origin of disastrous
Related Words for disastrous
dreadful, destructive, unfortunate, catastrophic, calamitous, terrible, harmful, adverse, cataclysmic, tragic, dire, ill-fated, unfavorable, fateful, ruinous, fatal, hapless, luckless, unlucky, unpropitiousExamples from the Web for disastrous
Contemporary Examples of disastrous
He knew that a public appearance with Duke could be disastrous.
At any moment, the slightest loss in concentration could see a disastrous tumble.
The Ebola pandemic in West Africa is having a disastrous effect on tourism on the whole continent.
But the consequences of a filing would have been disastrous.
Another memorable, if not disastrous, misstep, of course, was his turn as Batman in Batman and Robin.
Historical Examples of disastrous
The battle was disastrous for the Egyptians and the valley of the Nile was open to the invaders.
Ancient ManHendrik Willem van Loon
Was ever a man placed, he thought, in a position so inextricable, so disastrous?
MalboneThomas Wentworth Higginson
It is natural to goodness and innocence, but not the less is the error a disastrous one.
Weighed and WantingGeorge MacDonald
Do not let this great and disastrous fall sink you into lower depths of sin.
Life in LondonEdwin Hodder
Crane's racing season had been as successful as the Master of Ringwood's had been disastrous.
ThoroughbredsW. A. Fraser