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adjective
- 1. causing great damage: "a disastrous fire swept through the museum"
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Something that's disastrous has terrible consequences. Any action that can cause serious damage is potentially disastrous, like driving too fast on an icy road or climbing a tree during a thunderstorm. You can also use the word disastrous to talk about something that's merely unsuccessful.
causing great harm, damage, or suffering: It was a disastrous mistake which he lived to regret. In 1837, there was a disastrous smallpox epidemic. fig. Something that is disastrous is a complete failure: His attempt to play the piano was disastrous.
The meaning of DISASTROUS is attended by or causing suffering or disaster : calamitous. How to use disastrous in a sentence.
Disastrous definition: causing great distress or injury; ruinous; very unfortunate; calamitous. See examples of DISASTROUS used in a sentence.
causing great harm, damage, or suffering: It was a disastrous mistake which he lived to regret. In 1837, there was a disastrous smallpox epidemic. fig. Something that is disastrous is a complete failure: His attempt to play the piano was disastrous.
Something that is disastrous has extremely bad consequences and effects or is very unsuccessful. ...the recent disastrous earthquake. American English : disastrous / dɪˈzæstrəs /
Definition of disastrous adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Define disastrous. disastrous synonyms, disastrous pronunciation, disastrous translation, English dictionary definition of disastrous. adj. 1. Accompanied by or causing distress or disaster; calamitous. 2. Extremely bad; terrible: a disastrous report card. dis·as′trous·ly adv....
Disastrous definition: . See examples of DISASTROUS used in a sentence.
disastrous meaning, definition, what is disastrous: very bad, or ending in failure: Learn more.
