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disastrous
[dih-zas-truhs, -zah-struhs]
adjective
causing great distress or injury; ruinous; very unfortunate; calamitous.
The rain and cold proved disastrous to his health.
Archaic.Ģżforeboding disaster.
Other 51³Ō¹Ļ Forms
- disastrously adverb
- disastrousness noun
- nondisastrous adjective
- nondisastrously adverb
- nondisastrousness noun
- predisastrous adjective
- predisastrously adverb
- quasi-disastrous adjective
- quasi-disastrously adverb
- undisastrous adjective
- undisastrously adverb
51³Ō¹Ļ History and Origins
Origin of disastrous1
Example Sentences
As I have been chronicling and trying to make better sense of Donald Trumpās disastrous return to power, there is one image that keeps haunting me.
The Tories also suffered a disastrous set of local election results last month, losing hundreds of council seats to Nigel Farage's party.
This would be disastrous for millions of Americans and would threaten to eradicate end-of-life care as we know it.
The former president alleged that the investigation into his mental acuity and use of an autopen was a ruse to distract from the "disastrous legislation" Republicans hope to push through Congress.
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass has come under heavy scrutiny for deleting the text messages she sent during the regionās disastrous January firestorms.
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