disastrous
Meaning of disastrous
- causing great damage.
a disastrous fire swept through the museum
late 16th century (in the sense ‘ill-fated’): from French désastreux, from Italian disastroso, from disastro ‘disaster’.
Information about disastrous
- It is an adjective.
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Hyphenation of disastrous
dis-as-trous
- It consists of 3 syllables and 10 chars.
- disastrous is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
disastrous synonyms
Meaning black:
black, calamitous, fatal, fateful
Meaning extremely unfortunate or unsuccessful:
Meaning (of a natural event) large-scale and violent:
Meaning causing or characterized by extreme distress or sorrow:
Meaning highly destructive or damaging:
Meaning cause severe and extensive damage to:
Meaning disastrous or destructive:
Meaning causing or likely to cause harm:
Meaning causing or likely to cause damage or harm:
Meaning tending to cause harm:
Meaning preventing success or development; harmful; unfavourable:
Meaning extremely serious or urgent:
Meaning extremely bad or serious:
Meaning very bad or unpleasant:
Meaning causing indignation or disgust; offensive:
Meaning causing shock or dismay; horrific:
Meaning causing or involving great suffering, fear, or unhappiness; extremely bad or serious:
Meaning (of something bad) very severe or serious:
Meaning causing or likely to cause horror; shocking:
Meaning (of a period or situation) characterized by great unhappiness or unpleasantness:
Meaning not appropriate in a particular situation:
Meaning not indicating a good chance of success; inauspicious:
Meaning having, bringing, or resulting from bad luck:
Meaning not conducive to success; unpromising:
Meaning expressing or showing a lack of approval or support:
disastrous antonyms
Meaning favoured by or involving good luck; lucky:
Meaning accomplishing a desired aim or result:
Meaning resulting in good; favourable or advantageous:
Translation of disastrous
- German: katastrophal
- French: désastreux
- Spanish: desastroso, desgraciado, desastrosa, desgraciada
- Italian: disastroso, disgraziato
Words that rhyme with disastrous
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