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
- 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
- act of God
- adversity
- affliction
- bad luck
- bad news
- bale
- bane
- blight
- blow
- bust
- calamity
- casualty
- cataclysm
- catastrophe
- collapse
- collision
- crash
- debacle
- defeat
- depression
- emergency
- exigency
- failure
- fall
- fell stroke
- fiasco
- flood
- flop
- grief
- hard luck
- harm
- hazard
- holocaust
- hot water
- ill luck
- misadventure
- mischance
- misfortune
- mishap
- reverse
- rock
- rough
- ruin
- ruination
- setback
- slip
- stroke
- the worst
- tragedy
- undoing
- upset
- washout
- woe
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