Disaster

Noun

 * 1) An unexpected natural or man-made catastrophe of substantial extent causing significant physical damage or destruction, loss of life or sometimes permanent change to the natural environment.
 * 2) An unforeseen event causing great loss, upset or unpleasantness of whatever kind.

Adjectives for Disaster
black; dreadful; messy; hideous; terrible; unmitigated; unbearable; cataclysmic; overwhelming; serious; stupendous; titanic; ultimate; irreparable; irretrievable; marital; economic; melodramatic; planetary; cosmic; social; family; metaphysical; political; commercial; matrimonial; personal; unforeseen; unaccountable; unprecedented; indefinable; dim; imaginary; merited; dire; instant; sheer; sad; fresh; grievous; increasing; appalling; sweet; financial; subsequent; irremediable; awful; ominous; ignominious; illimitable; apparent; widespread; impending; unmerciful.

Verbs for Disaster
circumvent—; court—; force into—; fore¬doom to—; head for—; investigate—; invite—; meet with—; obviate—; presage—; prophesy—; provoke—; rush into—; salvage from—; shield from—; sow the seeds of—; spell—; suffer—; threaten—; —be¬falls; —dogs; —impends; —jars; —overtakes; —overwhelms; —sweeps.

Synonyms for Disaster
calamity, misfortune, mischance, mishap, misadventure, catastrophe, adversity, cataclysm, tragedy, evil.

Antonyms for Disaster
fortune, advantage, blessing, benefit, privilege, prosperity, happiness.

Thesaurus
accident, act of God, adversity, apoplexy, blow, breakdown, breaking up, breakup, calamity, casualty, cataclysm, catastrophe, cave, cave-in, climax, collapse, collision, contretemps, convulsion, crack-up, crash, debacle, diastrophism, distress, fatal accident, fatality, fit, grief, ill hap, misadventure, mischance, misfortune, mishap, nasty blow, overthrow, paroxysm, pileup, quake, reverse, rocks, shipwreck, shock, smash, smashup, spasm, staggering blow, stroke, temblor, tidal wave, total loss, tragedy, trouble, tsunami, upheaval, violent death, washout, wrack, wreck

Etymology
From Italian disastro, disaster; originally meaning "unfavourable to one's stars", from dis-, bad (compare dys-), + astro, star, celestial body, from Latin astrum, from Greek astron.

Translations

 * Bulgarian: злополука,
 * Catalan: desastre
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech:
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 * Esperanto: malfeliĉego
 * Finnish: ,
 * French: ,
 * German:
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 * Hebrew: אסון (ason)
 * Hindi: महाविनाश
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 災害, 天災, 惨事, 災い
 * Norwegian:
 * Romanian: dezastru, catastrofă
 * Russian: бедствие, катастрофа
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili: ,


 * Armenian:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German:
 * Hebrew: אסון (ason)


 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 災難
 * Kurdish:
 * Norwegian:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: бедствие, катастрофа
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Swahili: ,

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