disastrous

1. 1.

   (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”

   “it is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it”

   “a fateful error”

   Synonymsblackcalamitousfatalfateful

   Similarunfortunate

Questions about disastrous

What does disastrous mean?

disastrous means "(of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin".

How many syllables are in disastrous?

disastrous has 3 syllables: di-sas-trous. The stress falls on "sas". In IPA it is /dɪˈzæstɹəs/.

What is another word for disastrous?

Close synonyms include black, calamitous, fatal, fateful. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is disastrous a common word?

disastrous is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.