DISASTER, DISASTROUS
ADJECTIVES
1000 ► full of toil or trouble; disastrous; troublesome, irksome; painful, distressing → SWINKFUL → obs.
1636 ► causing death or evil; fatal., disastrous; dreadful → FUNEST → rare
1641 ► causing death or evil; fatal, disastrous; dreadful → FUNESTOUS → obs.
M17 ► awful, terrible, disastrous → PRECIOUS
1652 ► productive of disaster or evil → MALEFIC
1742 ► unfortunate, disastrous → DISVENTUROUS obs→ .
1842 ► of the nature of a catastrophe; disastrous → CATASTROPHAL
NOUNS
1175 ► disaster, harm → EVIL HEAL → obs.
1407 ► damage, disaster, or injury to a person, state, etc., by reason of force, outrage, or violence → WRACK
1477 ► bad luck, hurt, disaster → EVIL HEALTH → obs.
1568 ► a severe disaster or misfortune; a blow, a shock → CUT
1598 ► misfortune, disaster → ILL YEAR → obs.
1824 ► a sudden shock; an unexpected disaster → GLOCKEN → Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
1842 ► break-up; an accident or disaster; a failure → BUST-UP → US sl.
1862 ► a calamitous state of affairs; a disaster → MURDERATION → Amer. dial.
1866 ► an accident, a disaster → ANGALUCK → Sc.
1896 ► failure; misadventure; bad luck; a disaster → BAD IRON → workmen’s sl. (Bk.)
1900 ► a disaster; a complete failure → DIMRACKER Eng→ . dial. (Bk.)
1906 ► an explosion; a disaster; a quarrel → BUSTIFICATION → Amer. dial.
1917 ► a dangerous or disastrous thing, situation, etc. → BAD NEWS → Amer. sl.
1922 ► someone or something potentially unsettling, dangerous, or disastrous → DYNAMITE
1929 ► a chaotic state of affairs; a fiasco, a disaster → BALLS-UP → sl.
1940 ► a disaster; a blunder; a mess → FRIG-UP → FRIGG-UP → sl., orig. Aust.
1940 ► a complete disaster (Non-Adjusting Balls-Up) → N.A.B.U. → sl., orig. US military
1940 ► a complete disaster (Self-Adjusting Balls-Up) → S.A.B.U. → sl., orig. US military
1940 ► a complete disaster (Typical Army Balls-Up) → T.A.B.U. → sl., orig. US military
1948 ► a frenetic or disastrous event; a commotion, a tumult → SHITSTORM → sl., orig. US
1959 ► an occasion or experience that is embarrassing, disgusting, frightening, disastrous, or the like → HORROR SHOW → Amer. sl.
1969 ► a disaster area → BERNIE → US Air Force Academy cadets’ sl. (Bk.)
1980 ► a mess, a disaster → BOG → UK sl.
1986 ► an instance of victimization; an unfortunate event; a disaster → BUTT-FUCK → US sl.
1990 ► a disaster, a calamity → AATACLAPS → W. Indies sl.
2001 ► in Quebec: a disaster area → SINISTERED AREA → Can. sl.
2007 ► a mess or disaster → BODGE-UP → UK sl. (Bk.)
NOUNS, PERSON
1892 ► a person who predicts disaster; a prophet of doom → CALAMITY HOWLER → US sl.
1892 ► a person who predicts disaster; a prophet of doom → CALAMITY SHOUTER → US sl.
1917 ► a dangerous or disastrous person → BAD NEWS → US sl.
1918 ► a nagging woman; a pessimist; a worrier; a prophet of disaster → CALAMITY JANE → US sl.
PHRASES
1634 ► the devil riding a horse; used as a type or emblem of imminent disaster or impending doom → THE DEVIL UPON DUN
19C ► said when a new misfortune or disaster has occurred → ANOTHER DOUBLE MUG IS BROKE → Eng. dial.
2004 ► when a troubling, confusing, or disastrous event is finally over → AFTER THE DUST CLEARS → (Bk.)
VERBS
1824 ► to come to grief, to meet with disaster or failure → BURST ONE’S BOILER → colloq.
1834 ► to come to grief, to meet with disaster or failure → BUST ONE’S BOILER → colloq.
1957 ► to meet with disaster → BUST ONE’S BALLS → US sl.
1961 ► to get into a disastrous situation → BUY THE FARM → Amer. sl.
1971 ► to fail utterly; to meet with disaster, esp. due to reckless or self-destructive behaviour → CRASH AND BURN → US sl.
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