Synonyms for devastating
- adjective
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Destructive
2. Catastrophic
catastrophic, disastrous, calamitous, cataclysmic, fatal, ruinous, cataclysmal
Other
crushing, thunderstriking rare
Definitions
- adj. 1
Causing devastation.
Example sentences
- destructive Excessive drinking is destructive of our health.
- withering All the carnations I grow end up withering.
- disastrous This can have disastrous results for your career.
- catastrophic A nuclear war would have catastrophic consequences.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| devastating | rising | |
| destructive | steady | |
| withering | rising | |
| annihilating | steady | |
| annihilative | falling | |
| disastrous | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 5 letters
- fatal2
- 7 letters
- ruinous3
- 8 letters
- crushing2
- 9 letters
- withering3
- 10 letters
- disastrous3, calamitous4
- 11 letters
- destructive3, cataclysmic4, cataclysmal
- 12 letters
- catastrophic4, annihilating5, annihilative
- 15 letters
- thunderstriking
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (fatal2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- dévastateur
- Italiano
- devastatore