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adjective. us / dɪˈzæs·trəs / Add to word list. 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.
adjective. us / dɪˈzæs·trəs / Add to word list. 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.
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.
If you describe something as disastrous, you mean that it was very unsuccessful. England's cricketers have had another disastrous day. ...their disastrous performance in the general election of 1906.
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....
Definition of disastrous adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Disastrous definition: Accompanied by or causing distress or disaster; calamitous.
adjective. uk / dɪˈzɑːstrəs / us. Add to word list. extremely bad: disastrous consequences. a disastrous week. (Definition of disastrous from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Translations of disastrous. in Chinese (Traditional) 極其糟糕的, 極為失敗的, 災難性的… See more. in Chinese (Simplified) 极其糟糕的, 极为失败的, 灾难性的… See more.
