disastrous

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

DISASTROUS, adjective 1. Unlucky; unfortunate; calamitous; occasioning loss or injury; as, the day was disastrous; the battle proved disastrous; their fate was disastrous Fly the pursuit of my disastrous love. 2. Gloomy; dismal; threatening disaster. The moon, in dim eclipse, disastrous twilight sheds.
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