disastrous

Definitions


[dɪˈzɑːstrəs], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- causing great damage
(e.g: a disastrous fire swept through the museum)


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Origin:
late 16th century (in the sense ‘ill-fated’): from French désastreux, from Italian disastroso, from disastro ‘disaster’




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