a. [ Cf. F. désastreux. 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 ]
(adj) (of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin; ; ; ; - Charles Darwin; - Douglas MacArthur, Syn. disastrous, calamitous, fateful, fatal, Example:the stock market crashed on Black Friday; a calamitous defeat; the battle was a disastrous end to a disastrous campaign; such doctrines, if true, would be absolutely fatal to my theory; it is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it; a fateful error
[雨过天晴 / 雨過天晴, yǔ guò tiān qíngㄩˇ ㄍㄨㄛˋ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄑㄧㄥˊ] lit. sunshine after rain (成语 saw); new hopes after a disastrous period; fig. détente after tension; every cloud has a silver lining#50131
[人民公社化, rén mín gōng shè huàㄖㄣˊ ㄇㄧㄣˊ ㄍㄨㄥ ㄕㄜˋ ㄏㄨㄚˋ] collectivization of agriculture (disastrous policy of communist Russia around 1930 and China in the 1950s)#63894
[雨过天青 / 雨過天青, yǔ guò tiān qīngㄩˇ ㄍㄨㄛˋ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄑㄧㄥ] lit. sunshine after rain (成语 saw); new hopes after a disastrous period; fig. détente after tension; every cloud has a silver lining; also written 雨過天晴, See Also: 成语, 雨過天晴#205290