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Webster 1913 Edition
Disastrous
1.
Full of unpropitious stellar influences; unpropitious; ill-boding.
[Obs.]
The moon
In dim eclipse,
In dim eclipse,
disastrous
twilight sheds. Milton.
2.
Attended with suffering or disaster; very unfortunate; calamitous; ill-fated; ending in utter failure or ruin;
– as, a
disastrous
day; a disastrous
termination of an undertaking.Dis-as′trous-ly
, adv.
Dis-as′trous-ness
, Noun.
Webster 1828 Edition
Disastrous
DISASTROUS
,Adj.
1.
Unlucky; unfortunate; calamitous; occasioning loss or injury; as, the day was disastrous; the battle proved disastrous; their fate was disastrous.Fly the pursuit of my disastrous love.
2.
Gloomy; dismal; threatening disaster.The moon, in dim eclipse, disastrous twilight sheds.
Definition 2024
disastrous
disastrous
English
Adjective
disastrous (comparative more disastrous, superlative most disastrous)
- of the nature of a disaster; calamitous.
- foreboding disaster; ill-omened.
Synonyms
- (calamitous): cataclysmic, catastrophic
- (ill-omened): ill-boding, inauspicious, sinister
Antonyms
Derived terms
Translations
of the nature of a disaster; calamitous
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foreboding disaster; ill-omened
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