disastrous
adjective
[ dɪˈzɑːstrəs ]
• causing great damage.
• "a disastrous fire swept through the museum"
Similar:
catastrophic,
calamitous,
cataclysmic,
tragic,
devastating,
ravaging,
ruinous,
harmful,
injurious,
detrimental,
adverse,
dire,
terrible,
awful,
shocking,
appalling,
dreadful,
grievous,
horrible,
black,
dark,
bad,
unfortunate,
unlucky,
ill-fated,
ill-starred,
inauspicious,
unfavourable,
Origin:
late 16th century (in the sense ‘ill-fated’): from French désastreux, from Italian disastroso, from disastro ‘disaster’.
