disastrous

Adjective
Synonyms: blackcalamitousfatalfateful

WordNet 3.0

Adjective (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 — Charles Darwin”“it is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it — Douglas MacArthur”“a fateful error”Synonyms: blackcalamitousfatalfateful
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Disastrous \Dis*as"trous\, a. [Cf. F. d['e]sastreux. See Disaster.]

1.Full of unpropitious stellar influences; unpropitious; ill-boding. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

The moon In dim eclipse, disastrous twilight sheds.— Milton.[1913 Webster]

2.Attended with suffering or disaster; very unfortunate; calamitous; ill-fated; ending in utter failure or ruin; as, a disastrous day; a disastrous termination of an undertaking. [1913 Webster]

Wherein I spake of most disastrous chances. --Shak. -- Dis*as"trous*ly, adv. -- Dis*as"trous*ness, n. [1913 Webster]
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