disastrous

 
  Overview  of  adj  disastrous 
 
  The  adj  disastrous  has  1  sense  (first  1  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (6)  black,  calamitous,  disastrous,  fatal,  fateful  --  ((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") 
 
  Antonyms  of  adj  disastrous 
 
  1  sense  of  disastrous 
 
  Sense  1 
  black,  calamitous,  disastrous,  fatal,  fateful 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  unfortunate)  ->  fortunate 
 
  Similarity  of  adj  disastrous 
 
  1  sense  of  disastrous 
 
  Sense  1 
  black,  calamitous,  disastrous,  fatal,  fateful 
  =>  unfortunate  (vs.  fortunate) 
 
  Attributes  of  adj  disastrous 
 
 
  Familiarity  of  adj  disastrous 
 
  disastrous  used  as  an  adjective  is  very  rare  (polysemy  count  =  1) 
 
  Grep  of  adj  disastrous 
  disastrous 
 
  Overview  of  adj  disastrous 
 
  The  adj  disastrous  has  1  sense  (first  1  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (6)  black,  calamitous,  disastrous,  fatal,  fateful  --  ((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") 

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