English → Latin
“disastrous” in Latin
miserpoor, wretched, pitiful; miserable, unhappy; worthless, nullcalamitōsuscalamitous, disastrous, ruinous, destructiveīnfēlīxunhappy, unfortunate; unlucky; unfruitfuladversusfacing, opposite; towards; againstmalusunpleasant, distressing, painful, nasty, bad; unpleasant to the senses, sight, smell, taste, touch; bad, evil, wicked, mlūctuōsussorrowful, sad; lamentable, doleful, mournfulgravisheavy; pregnant; troublesome, hardtrīstissad, unhappy, melancholy, morose; sorrowful, mournful; disagreeable, harsh, bitter (of taste)īnfestushostile (to a person, cause etc.), antagonistic; aggressive, warlike; raised, threatening, poised to strike; harmful, trclādēsa breaking; destruction, disaster; defeat
The English word disastrous itself goes back to Latin astrum.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
disastrous
miser: calamitosus. (The words are found in this connection and order.) funestus et calamitosus: infelix: adversus: malus: luctuosus: gravis: tristis: infestus (SYN. in CALAMITOUS). A disastrous event, clades: calamitas. (The words are found in this connection and order.) clades atque calamitas: incommodum: malum: casus adversus or infestus: a most disastrous war, acerbissimum atque calamitosissimum bellum: a disastrous fire, calamitosum incendium. Disheartened by these disastrous battles, his proeliis calamitatibusque fractus. Disastrous times, tempora gravia, iniqua.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for disastrous?
- The usual Latin words for “disastrous” are miser, calamitōsus, īnfēlīx; also adversus, malus, lūctuōsus. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.