disastrous
English
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editEtymology
editFrom disaster + -ous, after Middle French desastreux (modern French désastreux; from desastre (modern French désastre, “disaster”; from des- + astre, a calque of Italian disastro) + -eux), itself after Italian disastroso, from disastro + -oso, from dis- (“away, without”) (from Latin dis-) + astro (“star, planet”) (from Latin astrum (“star, celestial body”), from Ancient Greek ᾰ̓́στρον (ắstron)).[1]
Pronunciation
edit- (UK) IPA(key): /dɪˈzɑː.stɹəs/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
- (US) IPA(key): /dɪˈzæs.tɹəs/
Audio (General American): (file)
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /dɪˈzaː.stɹəs/
Adjective
editdisastrous (comparative more disastrous, superlative most disastrous)
- Of the nature of a disaster; calamitous.
- Synonyms: cataclysmic, catastrophic; see also Thesaurus:disastrous
- 2024 August 21, Daniel Falcone, “Trump Was Never a “Moderate” on Foreign Policy”, in Truthout[1]:
- In addition, he was also able to reinforce the unease among progressive Democratic-leaning voters over Clinton’s disastrous pro-interventionist positions, thereby suppressing turnout and encouraging third party support in some key swing states that made the difference in his Electoral College victory.
- Foreboding disaster; ill-omened.
- Synonyms: baleful, ill-boding, inauspicious, ominous, sinister; see also Thesaurus:ominous
- Antonyms: auspicious, fortunate; see also Thesaurus:auspicious
- 1922, E[ric] R[ücker] Eddison, chapter 27, in The Worm Ouroboros: A Romance, London: Jonathan Cape […], fearsome sight it was to behold how he swelled in his wrath, and his eyes blazed like disastrous stars at midnight, and being wood with anger he gnashed his teeth till the froth stood at his lips and slavered down his chin. pages A fearsome sight it was to behold how he swelled in his wrath, and his eyes blazed like disastrous stars at midnight, and being wood with anger he gnashed his teeth till the froth stood at his lips and slavered down his chin.:
Derived terms
editTranslations
editof the nature of a disaster; calamitous
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foreboding disaster; ill-omened
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References
edit- ^ “disastrous, adj.”, in OED Online , Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
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