disastrous

Meaning

Adjective

• Of the nature of a disaster; calamitous.
• Foreboding disaster; ill-omened.

Related

Similar words

• cataclysmic, catastrophic
• ill-boding, inauspicious, sinister

Opposite words

• auspicious
• fortunate

Origin

• From French désastreux, from Middle French desastre (modern désastre), from Italian disastro, itself from dis- (from Latin) + astro (from Latin astrum 'star, celestial body', from Ancient Greek (astron)).