Dis*as"trous (?), a.
[Cf. F. désastreux. See Disaster.]
1. Full of
unpropitious stellar influences; unpropitious; ill- boding. [Obs.]
The moon
In dim eclipse, disastrous twilight
sheds.
Milton. 2. Attended
with suffering or disaster; very unfortunate; calamitous; ill-fated; as, a
disastrous day; a disastrous termination of an undertaking.
Wherein I spake of most
disastrous chances.
Shak. -- Dis*as"trous*ly,
adv. -- Dis*as"trous*ness, n.
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