Meanings
adjectivedisadventurous (comparative more disadventurous, superlative most disadventurous)
comparative more disadventurous · superlative most disadventurous
- obsoleteUnfortunate; calamitous.
when he according did repaire, / An hard mishap and disaventrous case / Him chaunst […]
1590, Edmund Spenser, “(please specify the book)”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC
Synonyms & antonyms
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Origin
From disadventure + -ous. Compare Portuguese desaventurado and Spanish desventurado.
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APA
disadventurous. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disadventurous
MLA
“disadventurous.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disadventurous. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “disadventurous,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disadventurous.
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