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disastrous

  • adjective
  • /dɪˈzɑː.stɹəs/

Of the nature of a disaster; calamitous.

Other meanings

  1. Foreboding disaster; ill-omened.

Related words

  • disastrousness
  • nondisastrous
  • undisastrous
  • disastrously

Word history

From Ancient Greek "ᾰ̓́στρον".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “disastrous” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.