disaster

disaster is a 8-letter English word with 7 senses as noun and transitive verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: An unpropitious or baleful aspect of a planet or star; malevolent influence of a heavenly body; hence, an ill portent. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

8 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 9 · 7 senses

Definitions

1. noun. An unpropitious or baleful aspect of a planet or star; malevolent influence of a heavenly body; hence, an ill portent.
2. noun. An adverse or unfortunate event, esp. a sudden and extraordinary misfortune; a calamity; a serious mishap.
3. transitive verb. To blast by the influence of a baleful star.
4. transitive verb. To bring harm upon; to injure.
5. noun. an act that has disastrous consequences
6. noun. an event resulting in great loss and misfortune

   "the whole city was affected by the irremediable calamity"

   "the earthquake was a disaster"

   Synonyms: calamity, cataclysm, catastrophe, tragedy

7. noun. a state of extreme (usually irremediable) ruin and misfortune

   "lack of funds has resulted in a catastrophe for our school system"

   "his policies were a disaster"

   Synonyms: catastrophe

Synonyms

calamity, cataclysm, catastrophe, tragedy

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in disaster:

diasters, disrates

Common word forms

disasters, disasterly

Words from these letters

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