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Meaning of 'disastrous' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Disastrous [ a.]
- Full of unpropitious stellar influences; unpropitious; ill-boding.
- Attended with suffering or disaster; very unfortunate; calamitous; ill-fated; as, a disastrous day; a disastrous termination of an undertaking.

Meaning of 'disastrous' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . disastrous [ s]
Meaning (1):
- (of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin
Example in sentence:
  • a calamitous defeat;
  • a fateful error;
  • it is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it;
  • such doctrines, if true, would be absolutely fatal to my theory;
  • the battle was a disastrous end to a disastrous campaign;
  • the stock market crashed on Black Friday

Nearby Words:

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