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DISASTROUS Synonyms

There are 12 synonyms of the word disastrous. (exact relations)
There are 10 hypernyms of the word disastrous. (close relations)
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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

Best Hypernyms For DISASTROUS

Here is a list of related hypernyms for disastrous, these are close relations that fall within the same topic. Most relevant words are highlighted and in order.
Words (10)
calamitous cataclysmic catastrophic damaging destructive devastating grievous harmful ruinous tragic

Alternatives for CALAMITOUS

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