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.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. disastrous

   Disastrous refers to something that causes great harm, destruction or distress, resulting in serious or severe negative consequences. It can be an unfortunate event or a terrible outcome, often unforeseen and unexpected. It can apply to various contexts, such as natural disasters, business failures, unsuccessful performances, or harmful impacts on health and wellbeing.

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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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. Ron Johnson:

   Instead of being impartial media outlets have become advocates for the Democratic Party. They got Joe Biden, who campaign from his basement, elected president, now they're covering up the disastrous policies created by attacking and censoring anyone who exposes the failures. But they can't hide inflation, higher gas prices and rising crime from the people devastated by them.

2. Holly Dickson:

   What we're seeing in Arkansas is the most dangerous assault on the right to vote since the Jim Crow era, these bills don't just make it harder to vote, they also make it easier for partisan politicians to interfere with local election administrators -- something that could have disastrous consequences for democracy. These bills will make it harder for all voters -- of all political stripes -- to make their voices heard.

3. Hani Bohsali:

   It's disastrous, we have shipments to bring and suddenly we're not able to transfer to suppliers.

4. Prince Charles:

   Since the beginning of the 1980s, when I first had responsibility for managing some land in my own right at Highgrove, I have wanted to focus on an approach to food production that avoids the impact of the predominant, conventional system of industrialized agriculture, which, it is increasingly clear to see, is having a disastrous effect on soil fertility, biodiversity and animal and human health.

5. Marco Rubio:

   She's in a tough spot, obviously, because she was the secretary of state for four out of seven disastrous foreign policy years, and the truth is that the threat of ISIS began to emerge in Syria while she was still the secretary of state and of course fully blossomed right after she left, they're all responsible for that's happened here.

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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. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/disastrous