disastrous

Betekenis (Engels)

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

Teenoorgestelde van

auspicious, fortunate, foreboding, inauspicious, ominous, portentous

Sinonieme

calamitous

catastrophic

ruinous

fatal

pernicious

destructive

fateful

unfortunate

baneful

terrible

tragic

black

miserable

devastating

very sad

dreadful

baleful

unlucky

poor

unexpected

unsatisfactory

useless

vital

wicked

wretched

catastrophical

blasting

cataclysmic

dangerous

desolating

distressing

fruitless

grievous

hazardous

ill-omened

internecine

malign

noxious

perilous

pestiferous

pestilent

pitiful

pointless

Vertalings

désastreux

desastroso

katastrophal

καταστρεπτικός

disastroso

catastrofale

catastrophique

desastrós

calamiteux

rampspoedig

funeste

verheerend

verhängnisvoll

desaströs

catastrofaal

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/dɪˈzɑː.stɹəs/

Etimologie (Engels)

From 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)).