"disastrous" meaning in English

See disastrous in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /dɪˈzɑː.stɹəs/ [UK], /dɪˈzæs.tɹəs/ [US], /dɪˈzaː.stɹəs/ [General-Australian] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-disastrous.wav , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Qwertygiy-disastrous.wav Forms: more disastrous [comparative], most disastrous [superlative]
Etymology: From French désastreux, from Middle French desastre (“disaster”) (modern désastre), from Italian disastro, itself from dis- (“away, without”) (from Latin) + astro (“star, planet”) (from astrum (“star, celestial body”), from Ancient Greek ᾰ̓́στρον (ástron)). By surface analysis, disaster + -ous. Etymology templates: {{der|en|fr|désastreux}} French désastreux, {{der|en|frm|desastre||disaster}} Middle French desastre (“disaster”), {{der|en|it|disastro}} Italian disastro, {{der|en|la|-}} Latin, {{der|en|grc|ᾰ̓́στρον}} Ancient Greek ᾰ̓́στρον (ástron), {{surf|en|disaster|-ous}} By surface analysis, disaster + -ous Head templates: {{en-adj}} disastrous (comparative more disastrous, superlative most disastrous)
  1. Of the nature of a disaster; calamitous. Synonyms (calamitous): cataclysmic, catastrophic Translations (of the nature of a disaster; calamitous): бедствен (bedstven) (Bulgarian), катастрофален (katastrofalen) (Bulgarian), desastrós (Catalan), 灾难的 (Chinese Mandarin), rampzalig (Dutch), catastrofaal (Dutch), rampspoedig (Dutch), katastrofa (Esperanto), tuhoisa (Finnish), désastreux (French), desastroso (Galician), desaströs (German), katastrophal (German), verheerend (German), καταστροφικός (katastrofikós) (Greek), súlyos (Hungarian), katasztrofális (Hungarian), hrapallegur (Icelandic), 忌まわしい (imawashii) (Japanese), 재난의 (jaenanui) (Korean), 처참하다 (cheochamhada) (Korean), calamitōsus (Latin), погубен (poguben) (Macedonian), катастрофален (katastrofalen) (Macedonian), desastroso (Portuguese), бе́дственный (bédstvennyj) (Russian), ги́бельный (gíbelʹnyj) (Russian), катастрофи́ческий (katastrofíčeskij) (Russian), ка̏тастрофа̄лан [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), kȁtastrofālan [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), desastroso (Spanish), ödesdiger (Swedish), katastrofal (Swedish), feci (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-disastrous-en-adj-UxXikZRh Disambiguation of 'calamitous': 83 17 Disambiguation of 'of the nature of a disaster; calamitous': 86 14
  2. Foreboding disaster; ill-omened. Translations (foreboding disaster; ill-omened): пагубен (paguben) (Bulgarian), 灾难性的 (Chinese Mandarin), onheilspellend (Dutch), sinister (Dutch), pahaenteinen (Finnish), verhängnisvoll (German), baljós (Hungarian), 忌まわしい (imawashii) (Japanese), па́губный (págubnyj) (Russian)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: disastrously Related terms: disaster, disastrously

Alternative forms

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      "sense": "foreboding disaster; ill-omened",
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      "sense": "foreboding disaster; ill-omened",
      "word": "onheilspellend"
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      "sense": "foreboding disaster; ill-omened",
      "word": "sinister"
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      "sense": "foreboding disaster; ill-omened",
      "word": "verhängnisvoll"
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      "sense": "foreboding disaster; ill-omened",
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