disastrous

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

dis·as·trous BrE [dɪˈzɑːstrəs] NAmE [dɪˈzæstrəs] adjective
very bad, harmful or unsuccessful
Syn: ↑catastrophic, Syn: ↑devastating
•a disastrous harvest/fire/result
•Lowering interest rates could have disastrous consequences for the economy.
•It was a disastrous start to the season for the team.
Derived Word: ↑disastrously

Word Origin:
late 16th cent. (in the sense ‘ill-fated’): from French désastreux, from Italian disastroso, from disastro ‘disaster’.

Thesaurus:
disastrous [disastrous disastrously] adj.
•The church was rebuilt after a disastrous fire.
devastating • • catastrophic •
disastrous/devastating/catastrophic for sb/sth
a disastrous/devastating/catastrophic effect/impact/failure/defeat/fire/storm/flood
disastrous/devastating/catastrophic consequences/results/events

Example Bank:
•This could have equally disastrous consequences.
•The church was rebuilt after a disastrous fire in 1824.
•The war ended in 1815 but was followed by a series of disastrous harvests.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  black, calamitous, fatal, fateful