Definitions for disastrous
dɪˈzæs trəs, -ˈzɑ strəsdis·as·trous

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:2.0 / 1 vote

1. black, calamitous, disastrous, fatal, fatefuladjective

   (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"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. disastrousadjective

   of the nature of a disaster; calamitous.

2. disastrousadjective

   foreboding disaster; ill-omened.

3. Etymology: From désastreux, from desastre (modern désastre) 'disaster', from disastro, itself from dis- "away, without" (from) + astro "star, planet" (from Latin astrum 'star, celestial body', from (astron)).

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Disastrousadjective

   Etymology: from disaster.

   1. Unlucky; not fortunate.

   That day seemeth a most disastrous day to the Scots, not only in regard of this overthrow, but for that upon the same day they were in like sort defeated by the English at Floodenfield. John Hayward.

   2. Unhappy; calamitous; miserable; struck with affliction.

   Then Juno, pitying her disastrous fate,
   Send Iris down, her pangs to mitigate. John Denham.

   Immediately after his return from this very expedition, such disastrous calamities befel his family, that he burnt two of his children himself. Robert South, Sermons.

   Fly the pursuit of my disastrous love,
   And from my unhappy neighbourhood remove. John Dryden, Auren.

   3. Gloomy; threatening misfortune.

   The moon,
   In dim eclipse, disastrous twilight sheds
   On half the nations. John Milton, Paradise Lost, b. i. l. 597.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. Disastrousadjective

   full of unpropitious stellar influences; unpropitious; ill-boding

2. Disastrousadjective

   attended with suffering or disaster; very unfortunate; calamitous; ill-fated; as, a disastrous day; a disastrous termination of an undertaking

3. Etymology: [Cf. F. dsastreux. See Disaster.]

British National Corpus

1. Adjectives Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'disastrous' in Adjectives Frequency: #959

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of disastrous in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of disastrous in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of disastrous in a Sentence

1. Paul Cartledge:

   A lot of people have voted in certain ways because they feel that the gap between themselves and those in power is too big, and they want someone to come in from the outside and smash through. It's just been disastrous, but I think this period will wake people up.

2. Margot Fonteyn:

   The one important thing I have learned over the years is the difference between taking one's work seriously and taking one's self seriously. The first is imperative and the second is disastrous.

3. Haider al-Abadi:

   Oil prices have dropped to about 40 percent of their level last year. Iraq's economy and budget relies 85 percent on oil and this has been disastrous for us.

4. Tennessee Williams:

   Success and failure are equally disastrous.

5. Democrats Sanders:

   What these trade agreements have done is decimated communities all across America, i have helped lead the opposition to every one of these disastrous trade agreements because I knew what they would do with America.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=disastrous
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Disastrous
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=disastrous
4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/disastrous