Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Accompanied by or causing distress or disaster; calamitous.
- adjective Extremely bad; terrible.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Gloomy; dismal; threatening disaster.
- Ruinous; unfortunate; calamitous; occasioning great distress or injury: as, the day was disastrous; the battle proved disastrous.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective obsolete Full of unpropitious stellar influences; unpropitious; ill-boding.
- adjective Attended with suffering or disaster; very unfortunate; calamitous; ill-fated; ending in utter failure or ruin
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective of the nature of a
disaster ;calamitous . - adjective
foreboding disaster;ill-omened .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective (of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin
Etymologies
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Examples
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While any outcome that puts Salmond and his chums into outright control of the parliament is deplored by many Scots, the word "disastrous" to describe Labour's performance is as unfair as it is inaccurate.
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JAMIE MCINTYRE, CNN SENIOR PENTAGON CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): In his first public comments since General Petraeus announced and President Bush approved the new Iraq plan, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said all the Joint Chefs and the U.S. central commander agree it's the best option to avoid what he called the disastrous consequences of an American failure in Iraq.
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In what it described as a disastrous blow for the police investigation into the car bomb explosion at Cape Town's Waterfront development on New Year's day, the Sunday Independent newspaper reported that security cameras had once again failed to capture images of the perpetrators of the crime.
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Convention said on Thursday in reaction to what it termed the disastrous black matric results.
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Yusuf Natsheh, director of the Waqf administration, said the Waqf was not consulted about the plan to shut down the walkway, which he called a "disastrous" policy liable to touch off protests.
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In the letter, Tam outlined what he described as the disastrous consequences for allowing gays to marry in California.
WCAX - Local News 2010
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In the letter, Tam outlined what he described as the disastrous consequences for allowing gays to marry in California.
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In the letter, Tam outlined what he described as the disastrous consequences for allowing gays to marry in California.
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In the letter, Tam outlined what he described as the disastrous consequences for allowing gays to marry in California.
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In the letter, Tam outlined what he described as the disastrous consequences for allowing gays to marry in California.
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