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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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