DISASTROUS
\dˌɪsˈastɹəs], \dˌɪsˈastɹəs], \d_ˌɪ_s_ˈa_s_t_ɹ_ə_s]\
Definitions of DISASTROUS
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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Attended with suffering or disaster; very unfortunate; calamitous; ill-fated; as, a disastrous day; a disastrous termination of an undertaking.
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Attended with suffering or disaster; very unfortunate; calamitous; ill-fated; as, a disastrous day; a disastrous termination of an undertaking.
By Noah Webster.
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Unlucky; unfortunate; calamitous; attended with evil results.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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Occasioning loss or injury; unfortunate; unlucky; calamitous.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
By Thomas Sheridan
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