disastrous

  • 21disastrous — adjective a) of the nature of a disaster; calamitous. b) foreboding disaster; ill omened. Syn: cataclysmic, catastrophic, ill boding, inausîcuous, sinister …

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  • 22disastrous — Synonyms and related words: appalling, awful, baneful, black, calamitous, cataclysmal, cataclysmic, catastrophic, consuming, consumptive, convulsive, deadly, demolishing, demolitionary, depredatory, desolating, destroying, destructive,… …

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  • 23disastrous — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. calamitous, ruinous, unfortunate; see destructive 2 , harmful , unfavorable 2 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. catastrophic, calamitous, unfortunate, tragic, cataclysmic, ruinous, dire, devastating, desolating,… …

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  • 24disastrous —   …

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  • 25disastrous — dis as·trous || trÉ™s adj. terrible, dreadful, causing disaster …

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  • 26disastrous — adjective 1》 causing great damage. 2》 informal highly unsuccessful. Derivatives disastrously adverb …

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  • 27disastrous — a. 1. Calamitous, unfortunate, unlucky, hapless, adverse, ruinous, destructive, untoward, unprosperous, ill fated, ill starred. 2. Foreboding, threatening, gloomy, dismal, portentous, portending disaster …

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  • 28disastrous — adj 1. catastrophic, calamitous, cataclysmic, cataclysmal; ruinous, destructive, destroying, devastating, demolishing; ravaging, desolating, blighting, withering; harrowing, dire, black, fatal. 2. crushing, disheartening; grievous, sore, hard to… …

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  • 29disastrous — di·sas·trous …

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  • 30disastrous — adjective Syn: catastrophic, calamitous, cataclysmic, tragic, devastating, ruinous, terrible, awful …

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