disastrous

[ dih-zas-truhs, -zah-struhs ]
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adjective
  1. causing great distress or injury; ruinous; very unfortunate; calamitous: The rain and cold proved disastrous to his health.

  2. Archaic. foreboding disaster.

Origin of disastrous

1
1580–90; <Middle French desastreux,Italian disastroso.See disaster, -ous

Other words from disastrous

  • dis·as·trous·ly, adverb
  • dis·as·trous·ness, noun
  • non·dis·as·trous, adjective
  • non·dis·as·trous·ly, adverb
  • non·dis·as·trous·ness, noun
  • pre·dis·as·trous, adjective
  • pre·dis·as·trous·ly, adverb
  • qua·si-dis·as·trous, adjective
  • qua·si-dis·as·trous·ly, adverb
  • un·dis·as·trous, adjective
  • un·dis·as·trous·ly, adverb

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