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disastrous

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"bringing ruin"

10 letters · collected on this word page

10 lettersPronunciation /dɪˈzɑː.stɹəs/Part of speech adjectiveSorted adiorssstuStarts with DEnds with S1 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. (of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin

Word origin

From disaster + -ous, after Middle French desastreux (modern French désastreux; from desastre (modern French désastre, “disaster”; from des- + astre, a calque of Italian disastro) + -eux), itself after Italian disastroso, from disastro + -oso, from dis- (“away, without”) (from Latin dis-) + astro (“star, planet”) (from Latin astrum (“star, celestial body”), from Ancient Greek ᾰ̓́στρον (ắstron)).

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