disastrous
disastrous — adjective
1. causing so much harm, damage, or failure that a situation is completely ruined.
causing so much harm, damage, or failure that a situation is completely ruined.
The team's disastrous performance in the final match cost them the championship.
attributive: disastrous + noun (performance)
Mathieu's disastrous attempt to bake a cake ended with smoke filling the kitchen.
The earthquake had a disastrous effect on the coastal town, destroying hundreds of homes.
Iris called the meeting a disastrous waste of time because no decisions were made.
Rania warned that ignoring the early signs would lead to disastrous results.
- catastrophic
similar intensity but usually suggests a sudden, large-scale tragedy; disastrous can describe smaller personal failures too
- devastating
focuses more on emotional or physical destruction and the feeling of being overwhelmed
- calamitous
more formal and literary; suggests widespread misfortune affecting many people
- successful
opposite outcome
- fortunate
opposite in terms of luck and outcome
文法句型
disastrous + noun
be + disastrous
用法筆記
Commonly used with abstract nouns describing outcomes (effect, result, consequence, mistake, failure, decision) rather than concrete objects or people.