disastrous

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj

Of the nature of a disaster; calamitous.
Foreboding disaster; ill-omened.

Pronunciation

/dɪˈzɑː.stɹəs/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-disastrous.wav /dɪˈzæs.tɹəs/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Qwertygiy-disastrous.wav /dɪˈzaː.stɹəs/

Word forms

disastrous more disastrous most disastrous disastress

Etymology

From disaster + -ous, after Middle French desastreux (modern French désastreux; from desastre (modern French désastre, “disaster”; from des- + astre, a calque of Italian disastro) + -eux), itself after Italian disastroso, from disastro + -oso, from dis- (“away, without”) (from Latin dis-) + astro (“star, planet”) (from Latin astrum (“star, celestial body”), from Ancient Greek ᾰ̓́στρον (ắstron)).

Synonyms

apocalyptic calamitous cataclysmal cataclysmic catastrophic deadly debacular destructive devastating disadventurous disastrous eradicative extirpative fatal harmful lethal pernicious ruinous woeful baleful ill-boding inauspicious ominous sinister augurous bodeful boding dire divine foreboding ill-fated ill-omened ill-starred inauspicate nefastous omenic brooding portentous presageful presagious prodigious star-crossed sullen

Antonyms

auspicious fortunate auspicial favorable fortuitous lucky propitious prosperous serendipitous teratical

Related words

disaster disastrously

Derived words

disastrously disastrousness nondisastrous undisastrous

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