'Devastating' definitions:
Definition of 'devastating'
From: WordNet
adjective
Making light of; "afire with annihilating invective"; "a devastating portrait of human folly"; "to compliments inflated I've a withering reply"- W.S.Gilbert [syn: annihilating, devastating, withering]
adjective
Wreaking or capable of wreaking complete destruction; "possessing annihilative power"; "a devastating hurricane"; "the guns opened a withering fire" [syn: annihilative, annihilating, devastating, withering]
adjective
Physically or spiritually devastating; often used in combination; "a crushing blow"; "a crushing rejection"; "bone-crushing" [syn: crushing, devastating]
Definition of 'Devastating'
From: GCIDE
- Devastate \Dev"as*tate\ (?; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Devastated; p. pr. & vb. n. Devastating.] [L. devastatus, p. p. of devastare to devastate; de + vastare to lay waste, vastus waste. See Vast.] To lay waste; to ravage; to desolate. [1913 Webster]
- Whole countries . . . were devastated. --Macaulay.
- Syn: To waste; ravage; desolate; destroy; demolish; plunder; pillage. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'devastating'
From: GCIDE
- devastating \devastating\ adj.
- 1. highly critical; making light of; as, a devastating portrait of human folly.
- Syn: annihilating, withering. [WordNet 1.5]
- 2. causing or capable of causing complete destruction; as, a devastating hurricane.
- Syn: annihilative. [WordNet 1.5]
Synonyms of 'devastating'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- acid,
- baneful,
- beaming,
- bewitching,
- bitter,
- blooming,
- bright,
- brilliant,
- calamitous,
- captivating,
- cataclysmal,
- cataclysmic,
- catastrophic,
- caustic,
- consuming,
- consumptive,
- dazzling,
- deadly,
- demolishing,
- demolitionary,
- depredatory,
- desolating,
- destroying,
- destructive,
- disastrous,
- divine,
- doomful,
- enthralling,
- fatal,
- fateful,
- fratricidal,
- glamorous,
- glorious,
- glowing,
- gorgeous,
- heavenly,
- incisive,
- internecine,
- keen,
- killing,
- mordant,
- nihilist,
- nihilistic,
- overpowering,
- penetrating,
- radiant,
- ravaging,
- raving,
- ravishing,
- resplendent,
- ruining,
- ruinous,
- sarcastic,
- sardonic,
- satirical,
- savage,
- self-destructive,
- shining,
- sparkling,
- spectacular,
- spellbinding,
- splendid,
- splendorous,
- splendrous,
- stunning,
- sublime,
- subversionary,
- subversive,
- suicidal,
- telling,
- trenchant,
- vandalic,
- vandalish,
- vandalistic,
- virulent,
- vitriolic,
- wasteful,
- wasting,
- withering