Disastrous

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /dɪˈzɑːstɹəs/

Origin

From French désastreux, from Middle French desastre (modern désastre) 'disaster', from Italian disastro, itself from dis- "away, without" (from Latin) + astro "star, planet" (from Latin astrum 'star, celestial body', from Ancient Greek (astron)).

Full definition of disastrous

Adjective

1. of the nature of a disaster; calamitous.
2. foreboding disaster; ill-omened.

Synonyms

• (calamitous) cataclysmic, catastrophic
• (ill-omened) ill-boding, inausîcuous, sinister

Derived terms

• disastrously