Associations to the word «Disastrous»

Wiktionary

DISASTROUS, adjective. Of the nature of a disaster; calamitous.
DISASTROUS, adjective. Foreboding disaster; ill-omened.

Dictionary definition

DISASTROUS, adjective. (of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin; "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"- Charles Darwin; "it is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it"- Douglas MacArthur; "a fateful error".

Wise words

We cannot always control our thoughts, but we can control our words, and repetition impresses the subconscious, and we are then master of the situation.
Florence Scovel Shinn