单词 | disastrousness |
释义 | disastrousnessn. The quality or condition of being disastrous (in various senses). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > adversity > calamity or misfortune > [noun] > quality of disastrousness1637 fatalness1652 calamitousness1667 1637 R. Humfrey in tr. St. Ambrose Christian Offices Index sig. Ff4v/1 Disastrousnesse therein growes from ungratefulnesse. 1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Disastrousness, unluckiness, unfortunateness. 1860 J. M. Wilson Heavens, Earth, & Sea ii. 24 This may afford every one an idea of..the disastrousness of small pressure at lofty mountain elevations. 1896 Catholic Univ. Bull. July 305 Economists have discoursed to you on the practical facts which demonstrate the disastrousness of war. 1941 Proc. Mass. Hist. Soc. 66 377 The disastrousness of another ten-year deadlock was so obvious that the amendment of the timetable was carried. 1963 E. Thompson T. S. Eliot v. 132 I am struck by how sharply the potential disastrousness of the inbetween existence is expressed. 2011 Daily Tel. 25 Mar. 34/1 The story of two sisters who..pursue relationships of varying degrees of disastrousness. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1637 |
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