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making someone very shocked and upset: devastating news. used to describe a personal quality that has a powerful effect: She had a devastating beauty / charm / smile that few men could resist. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.
The meaning of DEVASTATING is causing great damage or harm. How to use devastating in a sentence.
Something that's shocking and distressing is devastating. Watching the local ice cream shop burn to the ground would be devastating to many neighborhood kids.
Devastating definition: tending or threatening to devastate. See examples of DEVASTATING used in a sentence.
devastating. (devəsteɪtɪŋ ) 1. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun] If you describe something as devastating, you are emphasizing that it is very harmful or damaging. [emphasis] The city took the full force of the devastating floods. Affairs do have a devastating effect on marriages.
adjective. /ˈdevəsteɪtɪŋ/ causing a lot of damage and destroying things synonym disastrous. a devastating explosion/fire/cyclone. Oil spills are having a devastating effect on coral reefs in the ocean. He received devastating injuries in the accident. It will be a devastating blow to the local community if the factory closes.
dev·as·tate. (dĕv′ə-stāt′) tr.v. dev·as·tat·ed, dev·as·tat·ing, dev·as·tates. 1. To lay waste; destroy. 2. To overwhelm; confound; stun: was devastated by the rude remark. [Latin dēvāstāre, dēvāstāt- : dē-, de- + vāstāre, to lay waste (from vāstus, empty, desolate; see euə- in Indo-European roots ).]
DEVASTATING meaning: 1. making someone very shocked and upset: 2. causing a lot of damage or destruction: . Learn more.
devastating meaning, definition, what is devastating: badly damaging or destroying something: Learn more.
cleverly or intelligently said or done: devastating arguments against every proposal I made. tending or threatening to devastate: a devastating fire. satirical, ironic, or caustic in an effective way: a devastating portrayal of society. dev•as•tate /ˈdɛvəˌsteɪt/ v. [ ~ + object], -tat•ed, -tat•ing.
