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disastrous

/dɪˈstreɪdəs/ adjective · British & US

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What does disastrous mean?

adjective

Causing or resulting in a disaster; extremely bad or unfortunate.

Example

"The disastrous weather ruined the outdoor festival."

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Etymologically related

disaster stray stray astray

Synonyms for disastrous

catastrophic calamitous dreadful terrible awful horrific

Antonyms of disastrous

successful fortunate favorable

Rhymes with disastrous

disastrous hazardous ludicrous ridiculous