different between disastrous vs unlucky

English

Etymology

From French désastreux, from Middle French desastre (“disaster”) (modern désastre), from Italian disastro, itself from dis- (“away, without”) (from Latin) + astro (“star, planet”) (from Latin astrum 'star, celestial body', from Ancient Greek (astron)).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /d??z??st??s/

Adjective

disastrous (comparative more disastrous, superlative most disastrous)

1. Of the nature of a disaster; calamitous.
2. Foreboding disaster; ill-omened.

Synonyms

• (calamitous): cataclysmic, catastrophic
• (ill-omened): ill-boding, inauspicious, sinister

Antonyms

• auspicious
• fortunate

Derived terms

• disastrously

Translations

English

Etymology

From un- +? lucky.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n?l?ki/
• Rhymes: -?ki

Adjective

unlucky (comparative unluckier or more unlucky, superlative unluckiest or most unlucky)

1. Unfortunate, marked by misfortune.
2. Inauspicious.
3. Having ill luck.
4. Bringing ill luck.

Derived terms

• unluckily
• unluckiness
• unluckier
• unluckiest

Translations

References

• unlucky in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.