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- DictionaryDev·as·tat·ing/ˈdevəˌstādiNG/
adjective
- 1. highly destructive or damaging: "a devastating cyclone struck Bangladesh"
adjective. 1. destructive, damaging, catastrophic, harmful, detrimental, pernicious, ruinous, calamitous, cataclysmic, deleterious, injurious, maleficent the devastating force of the floods. 2. traumatic, shocking, upsetting, disturbing, painful, distressing, scarring The diagnosis was devastating. She had cancer.
cleverly or intelligently said or done: devastating arguments against every proposal I made. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2023. dev•as•tat•ing (dev′ ə stā′ting), adj. tending or threatening to devastate: a devastating fire.
adjective. /ˈdevəsteɪtɪd/ extremely upset and shocked. His family is absolutely devastated. Extra Examples. Want to learn more? Find out which words work together and produce more natural-sounding English with the Oxford Collocations Dictionary app. Try it for free as part of the Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary app.
What does the adjective devastating mean? There is one meaning in OED's entry for the adjective devastating . See ‘Meaning & use’ for definition, usage, and quotation evidence.
mid 17th cent.: from Latin devastat- ‘laid waste’, from the verb devastare, from de- ‘thoroughly’ + vastare ‘lay waste’. Definition of devastate verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Feb 8, 2024 · devastating ( comparative more devastating, superlative most devastating) causing devastation.
5 days ago · devastating. 1 (adjective) in the sense of destructive. the devastating force of the floods. Synonyms. destructive. damaging. catastrophic. harmful. detrimental. pernicious (formal) ruinous. calamitous. cataclysmic. deleterious (formal) injurious. maleficent. See examples for synonyms. 2 (adjective) in the sense of traumatic.
