black 6
adjectivedomain: all adj
Princeton WordNet [ver.3.1]
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EnglishDefinition
(of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin
Examples
- 1.the stock market crashed on Black Friday
- 2.a calamitous defeat
- 3.such doctrines, if true, would be absolutely fatal to my theory- Charles Darwin
- 4.a fateful error
- 5.the battle was a disastrous end to a disastrous campaign
- 6.it is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it- Douglas MacArthur
Synonyms
- calamitous 1
(of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin
- disastrous 1
(of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin
- fatal 3
(of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin
- fateful 3
(of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin
