2 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Disastrous \Dis*as"trous\, a. [Cf. F. d['e]sastreux. See {Disaster}.] 1. Full of unpropitious stellar influences; unpropitious; ill-boding. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] The moon In dim eclipse, disastrous twilight sheds. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. Attended with suffering or disaster; very unfortunate; calamitous; ill-fated; ending in utter failure or ruin; as, a disastrous day; a disastrous termination of an undertaking. [1913 Webster] Wherein I spake of most disastrous chances. --Shak. -- {Dis*as"trous*ly}, adv. -- {Dis*as"trous*ness}, n. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: disastrously adv : in a disastrous manner; "the real value of the trust capital may be disastrously less than when the trust began"
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