disastrous

dis·as·trous

D0252200 (dĭ-zăs′trəs, -săs′-)adj.1. Accompanied by or causing distress or disaster; calamitous.2. Extremely bad; terrible: a disastrous report card.

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dis·as′trous·ly adv.dis·as′trous·ness n.

dis•as•trous

(dɪˈzæs trəs, -ˈzɑ strəs)

adj. causing great distress or injury; ruinous; very unfortunate; calamitous. [1580–90; < Middle French desastreux, Italian disastroso. See disaster, -ous] dis•as′trous•ly, adv. dis•as′trous•ness, n.

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

disastrous - (of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin; "the stock market crashed on Black Friday"; "a calamitous defeat"; "the battle was a disastrous end to a disastrous campaign"; "such doctrines, if true, would be absolutely fatal to my theory"- Charles Darwin; "it is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it"- Douglas MacArthur; "a fateful error"calamitous, fatal, fateful, blackunfortunate - not favored by fortune; marked or accompanied by or resulting in ill fortune; "an unfortunate turn of events"; "an unfortunate decision"; "unfortunate investments"; "an unfortunate night for all concerned"

disastrous

adjective1. terrible, devastating, tragic, fatal, unfortunate, dreadful, destructive, unlucky, harmful, adverse, dire, catastrophic, detrimental, untoward, ruinous, calamitous, cataclysmic, ill-starred, unpropitious, ill-fated, cataclysmal the recent, disastrous earthquake2. unsuccessful, devastating, tragic, abortive, calamitous, cataclysmic The team has had another disastrous day.

disastrous

adjectiveCausing ruin or destruction:calamitous, cataclysmal, cataclysmic, catastrophic, destructive, fatal, fateful, ruinous.

Translations

灾难性的

disaster

(diˈzaːstə) noun a terrible event, especially one that causes great damage, loss etc. The earthquake was the greatest disaster the country had ever experienced. 災難 灾难diˈsastrous adjective 災難性的 灾难性的diˈsastrously adverb 災難性地 灾难性地

disastrous

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