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disastrous adjective 1. terrible, devastating, tragic, fatal, unfortunate, dreadful, destructive, unlucky, harmful, adverse, dire, catastrophic, detrimental, untoward, ruinous, calamitous, cataclysmic, ill-starred, unpropitious, ill-fated, cataclysmal the recent, disastrous earthquake 2. unsuccessful, devastating, tragic, abortive, calamitous, cataclysmic The team has had another disastrous day. Translations disastrous [dɪˈzɑːstrəs] ADJ 1. (= catastrophic) [decision, reforms] → desastroso, catastrófico; [earthquake, flood] → catastrófico that would be disastrous! → ¡eso sería una catástrofe! with disastrous consequences → con consecuencias desastrosas or nefastas 2. (= unsuccessful) [marriage, cake, novel] → desastroso his first movie was disastrous → su primera película fue desastrosa or un desastre disastrous [dɪˈzɑːstrəs dɪˈzæstrəs] adj [consequences, effect, results] → désastreux/euse; [performance] → désastreux/euse; [event, day] → désastreux/euse to be disastrous for sb → être un désastre pour qn disastrous adj earthquake, flood, accident → katastrophal, verheerend; marriage, day, consequence → katastrophal; dinner was disastrous → das Abendessen war eine Katastrophe; to be disastrous for somebody/something → katastrophale Folgen für jdn/etw haben disastrous [dɪˈzɑːstrəs] adj → disastroso/a disastrous [dɪˈzɑːstrəs] adj → disastroso/a How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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At the end of a long and disastrous war, when both sides were exhausted and bankrupt, the Bumbo of Jiam intervened in the interest of peace. When, therefore, servants, and princes towards servants, are thus disposed, they can trust each other, but when it is otherwise, the end will always be disastrous for either one or the other. Circumstances of an imperious nature, which it is unnecessary to relate here, had prevented him from taking service with that gallant army which had fought the disastrous campaigns ending with the fall of Corinth, and he chafed under the inglorious restraint, longing for the release of his energies, the larger life of the soldier, the opportunity for distinction. |
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