Pollution has a disastrous effect on the ecology of a region.
Source: tatoeba (25709)
Disastrous
//dɪˈzæs.tɹəs//
Synonyms for "disastrous" (116 found)
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Related words (58)
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4 entriesRelated terms
2 entriesderived
4 entriesderived from
1 entriesrelated to
4 entriessimilar
1 entriesTranslations
44 translations across 23 languages.
Bulgarian
3 entries- бедствен adj (of the nature of a disaster; calamitous)
- катастрофален adj (of the nature of a disaster; calamitous)
- пагубен adj (foreboding disaster; ill-omened)
Catalan
1 entries- desastrós adj (of the nature of a disaster; calamitous)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 灾难性的 adj (foreboding disaster; ill-omened)
- 灾难的 adj (of the nature of a disaster; calamitous)
Dutch
4 entries- catastrofaal adj (of the nature of a disaster; calamitous)
- onheilspellend adj (foreboding disaster; ill-omened)
- rampspoedig adj (of the nature of a disaster; calamitous)
- rampzalig adj (of the nature of a disaster; calamitous)
Esperanto
1 entries- katastrofa adj (of the nature of a disaster; calamitous)
Finnish
2 entries- pahaenteinen adj (foreboding disaster; ill-omened)
- tuhoisa adj (of the nature of a disaster; calamitous)
French
1 entries- désastreux adj (of the nature of a disaster; calamitous)
Galician
1 entries- desastroso adj (of the nature of a disaster; calamitous)
German
4 entries- desaströs adj (of the nature of a disaster; calamitous)
- katastrophal adj (of the nature of a disaster; calamitous)
- verheerend adj (of the nature of a disaster; calamitous)
- verhängnisvoll adj (foreboding disaster; ill-omened)
Greek
1 entries- καταστροφικός adj (of the nature of a disaster; calamitous)
Hungarian
3 entries- baljós adj (foreboding disaster; ill-omened)
- katasztrofális adj (of the nature of a disaster; calamitous)
- súlyos adj (of the nature of a disaster; calamitous)
Icelandic
1 entries- hrapallegur adj (of the nature of a disaster; calamitous)
Japanese
2 entries- 忌まわしい adj (of the nature of a disaster; calamitous)
- 忌まわしい adj (foreboding disaster; ill-omened)
Korean
2 entries- 재난의 adj (of the nature of a disaster; calamitous)
- 처참하다 adj (of the nature of a disaster; calamitous)
Latin
1 entries- calamitōsus adj (of the nature of a disaster; calamitous)
Macedonian
2 entries- катастрофален adj (of the nature of a disaster; calamitous)
- погубен adj (of the nature of a disaster; calamitous)
Portuguese
1 entries- desastroso adj (of the nature of a disaster; calamitous)
Russian
4 entries- бе́дственный adj (of the nature of a disaster; calamitous)
- ги́бельный adj (of the nature of a disaster; calamitous)
- катастрофи́ческий adj (of the nature of a disaster; calamitous)
- па́губный adj (foreboding disaster; ill-omened)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- kȁtastrofālan adj (of the nature of a disaster; calamitous)
- ка̏тастрофа̄лан adj (of the nature of a disaster; calamitous)
Spanish
1 entries- desastroso adj (of the nature of a disaster; calamitous)
Swedish
2 entries- katastrofal adj (of the nature of a disaster; calamitous)
- ödesdiger adj (of the nature of a disaster; calamitous)
Thai
1 entries- หายนะ adj (of the nature of a disaster; calamitous)
Turkish
1 entries- feci adj (of the nature of a disaster; calamitous)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
Solar storms next year could prove disastrous for the electrical grid.
Source: tatoeba (506094)
The sign for siblings in Japanese sign language could well be misunderstood by many Americans with disastrous consequences.
Source: tatoeba (938020)
If you left now, it would have disastrous consequences.
Source: tatoeba (1723592)
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