Antonyms for disaster

Grammar : Noun

Spell : dih-zas-ter, -zah-ster

Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈzæs tər, -ˈzɑ stər

Definition of disaster

Origin : 1590s, from Middle French désastre (1560s), from Italian disastro "ill-starred," from dis-, here merely pejorative (see dis-) + astro "star, planet," from Latin astrum, from Greek astron (see star (n.)). The sense is astrological, of a calamity blamed on an unfavorable position of a planet.

noun accident, trouble

Example sentences :

On Sidney—and in less measure, of course, on K.—fell the real brunt of the disaster.
Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart

So he caught their minds as he had caught the Stick, swinging back from disaster.
Extract from : « The Trail Book » by Mary Austin

Verily their way shall be filled with disaster; lo, then we shall rest.
Extract from : « The Babylonian Legends of the Creation » by British Museum

No good can come of it—no good has ever come of it—nothing but disaster and trouble.
Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser

On Mike's face was a map of disaster; the disaster might be trivial or great.
Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser

He had veritably saved her father from disaster; had saved her from—from many things.
Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser

In the Ojibwa tongue, disaster; an unexpected affliction that strikes hard.
Extract from : « The Devil's Dictionary » by Ambrose Bierce

Our disaster was too awful, and the pathos of that solitary survivor too piercing.
Extract from : « The Comrade In White » by W. H. Leathem

Doctor Chassaigne's story was one of disaster, the shipwreck of a life.
Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola

He that does not believe is like a battlefield, the scene of every disaster.
Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola

Synonyms for disaster

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