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dis⋅as⋅trous

  [di-zas-truhs, -zah-struhs]
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–adjective
1. causing great distress or injury; ruinous; very unfortunate; calamitous: The rain and cold proved disastrous to his health.
2. Archaic. foreboding disaster.
Origin:
1580–90; < MF desastreux, It disastroso. See disaster, -ous

Related forms:
dis⋅as⋅trous⋅ly, adverb
dis⋅as⋅trous⋅ness, noun
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dis·as·trous   (dĭ-zās'trəs, -sās'-)   
adj.  
  1. Accompanied by or causing distress or disaster; calamitous.
  2. Extremely bad; terrible: a disastrous report card.
dis·as'trous·ly adv., dis·as'trous·ness n.
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Disastrous

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

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

The moon In dim eclipse, disastrous twilight sheds. --Milton.

2. Attended with suffering or disaster; very unfortunate; calamitous; ill-fated; as, a disastrous day; a disastrous termination of an undertaking.

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