What is another word for disastrous?
Synonyms for disastrous
dɪˈzæs trəs, -ˈzɑ strəsdis·as·trous
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disastrousadjective
Synonyms:
inauscuous, cataclysmic, ill-boding, sinister, catastrophicdisastrousadjective
of the nature of a disaster; calamitous.
Synonyms:
sinister, cataclysmic, ill-boding, catastrophic, inauscuousdisastrousadjective
foreboding disaster; ill-omened.
Synonyms:
ill-boding, sinister, catastrophic, inauscuous, cataclysmic
Princeton's WordNet
black, calamitous, disastrous, fatal, fatefuladjective
(of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin
"the stock market crashed on Black Friday"; "a calamitous defeat"; "the battle was a disastrous end to a disastrous campaign"; "such doctrines, if true, would be absolutely fatal to my theory"- Charles Darwin; "it is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it"- Douglas MacArthur; "a fateful error"
Synonyms:
pitch-dark, black-market, shameful, dim, fatal, inglorious, portentous, grim, calamitous, blackened, fateful, black, dark, sinister, opprobrious, bootleg, disgraceful, smutty, contraband, pitch-black, foreboding(a), smuggled, ignominious, bleak, mordantAntonyms:
fortunate
Editors Contribution
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Dictionary of English Synonymes
disastrousadjective
Synonyms:
calamitous, unfortunate, unlucky, hapless, untoward, unprosperous, ill-fated, ill-starred
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
disastrousadjective
Synonyms:
calamitous, deplorable, unfortunate, ill-fated
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "disastrous":
catastrophic, devastating, calamitous, dire, destructive, fatal, ruinous, appalling, tragic, terrible, fateful, damaging, dramatic, pernicious, detrimental
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#271 | black | |
#1640 | dark | |
#6916 | dramatic | |
#6918 | terrible | |
#8192 | fatal | |
#9389 | dim | |
#13147 | tragic | |
#13351 | destructive | |
#14517 | damaging | |
#14856 | grim | |
#15555 | devastating | |
#16120 | dire | |
#18988 | catastrophic | |
#19559 | sinister | |
#20371 | detrimental | |
#22839 | disastrous | |
#25029 | bleak | |
#25042 | bootleg | |
#29867 | shameful | |
#29891 | appalling | |
#34766 | blackened | |
#41643 | contraband | |
#42259 | fateful | |
#45257 | disgraceful | |
#45349 | smuggled | |
#48711 | pernicious | |
#66487 | cataclysmic | |
#84995 | ruinous | |
#117416 | mordant | |
#121753 | ignominious | |
#127931 | calamitous | |
#129078 | portentous | |
#140999 | smutty | |
#157749 | inglorious | |
#285694 | opprobrious |
How to use disastrous in a sentence?
Nike epitomizes why disastrous unfettered free-trade policies during the past four decades have failed American workers, eroded our manufacturing base and increased income and wealth inequality in this country.
There is no accident so disastrous that a clever man cannot derive some profit from it nor any so fortunate that a fool cannot turn it to his disadvantage.
There are a lot of things in common between this couple and my parents, they were kind of a disastrous couple who fell in love, separated, fell in love again, married other people, got together again, changed countries, fell apart, came together again and so on.
Mr. President, things have changed so quickly and so dramatically under the Biden administration. It's been amazing and disastrous.
This company needs to move incredibly quickly through this restructuring. If we don't, the results could be disastrous.
Translations for disastrous
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- пагубен, катастрофален, бедственBulgarian
- desastrósCatalan, Valencian
- katastrophal, verhängnisvoll, verheerend, desaströsGerman
- desastrosoSpanish
- désastreuxFrench
- katasztrofális, súlyos, baljósHungarian
- 처참하다, 재난Korean
- onheilspellend, catastrofaal, noodlottig, rampspoedig, sinister, rampzaligDutch
- katastrofalNorwegian
- desastrosoPortuguese
- па́губный, катастрофи́ческий, ги́бельный, бе́дственныйRussian
- kȁtastrofālan, ка̏тастрофа̄ланSerbo-Croatian
- ödesdiger, katastrofalSwedish
- feciTurkish
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