disastrous

adj.

1. Accompanied by or causing distress or disaster; calamitous.
2. Extremely bad; terrible: a disastrous report card.

disastrously dis·as'trous·ly adv.
disastrousness dis·as'trous·ness n.

adjective

Causing ruin or destruction: calamitous, cataclysmal, cataclysmic, catastrophic, destructive, fatal, fateful, ruinous. See help/harm/harmless.

adj

Definition: detrimental, devastating
Antonyms: blessed, fortunate, lucky, miraculous, prosperous, successful, triumphant, winning, wondrous

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IN BRIEF: Having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences.

The most disastrous times have produced the greatest minds. — Francois Rene Chateaubriand (1768-1848)

Common misspelling(s) of disastrous

• disasterous

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - katastrofal, forfærdelig

Nederlands (Dutch)
rampzalig

Français (French)
adj. - désastreux, catastrophique

Deutsch (German)
adj. - katastrophal, unglückselig, unheilvoll, verheerend

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - καταστρεπτικός, ολέθριος

Italiano (Italian)
disastroso

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - desastroso

Русский (Russian)
катастрофический

Español (Spanish)
adj. - desastroso, funesto

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - olycksbringande

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
损失惨重的, 悲伤的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 損失慘重的, 悲傷的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 참담한, 운이 없는

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 大災害の, 悲惨な, ひどい, 不運な

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) مسبب كارثه, مصاحب لكارثه, مشؤوم‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮ממיט אסון‬

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