DISASTROUS Synonyms
There are 10 hypernyms of the word disastrous. (close relations)
Best Alternative Words for DISASTROUS
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calamitous | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • (of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin | ||||||||
catastrophic | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • extremely harmful; bringing physical or financial ruin | ||||||||
detrimental | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • (sometimes followed by `to') causing harm or injury | ||||||||
devastating | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • making light of • wreaking or capable of wreaking complete destruction • physically or spiritually devastating; often used in combination | ||||||||
ruinous | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • extremely harmful; bringing physical or financial ruin • causing injury or blight; especially affecting with sudden violence or plague or ruin | ||||||||
tragic | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective • of or relating to or characteristic of tragedy adjective satellite • very sad; especially involving grief or death or destruction | ||||||||
black | adverb, noun, adjectiveadv, n, adj | |||||||
adjective • being of the achromatic color of maximum darkness; having little or no hue owing to absorption of almost all incident light • of or belonging to a racial group especially of sub-Saharan African origin noun • the quality or state of the achromatic color of least lightness (bearing the least resemblance to white) • British chemist who identified carbon dioxide and who formulated the concepts of specific heat and latent heat (1728-1799) • popular child actress of the 1930's (born in 1928) • total absence of light • (board games) the darker pieces • a person with African ancestry, "Negro" and "Negroid" are archaic and pejorative today • black clothing (worn as a sign of mourning) adjective satellite • marked by anger or resentment or hostility • offering little or no hope • stemming from evil characteristics or forces; wicked or dishonorable • (of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin • (of the face) made black especially as with suffused blood • extremely dark • harshly ironic or sinister • (of intelligence operations) deliberately misleading • distributed or sold illicitly • (used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame • (of coffee) without cream or sugar • soiled with dirt or soot verb • make or become black | ||||||||
cataclysmic | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • severely destructive | ||||||||
fatal | adverb, adjectiveadv, adj | |||||||
adjective • bringing death adjective satellite • having momentous consequences; of decisive importance • (of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin • controlled or decreed by fate; predetermined | ||||||||
fateful | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • having momentous consequences; of decisive importance • ominously prophetic • (of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin • controlled or decreed by fate; predetermined | ||||||||
inauspicious | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective • not auspicious; boding ill adjective satellite • contrary to your interests or welfare • presaging ill fortune | ||||||||
sinister | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments • stemming from evil characteristics or forces; wicked or dishonorable • on or starting from the wearer's left |