ruinous 音標拼音: [r'uənəs]
a . 破壞性的,招致毀滅的,零落的
破壞性的,招致毀滅的,零落的
ruinous adj 1 :
extremely harmful ;
bringing physical or financial ruin ;
"
a catastrophic depression "; "
catastrophic illness "; "
a ruinous course of action " [
synonym : {
catastrophic },
{
ruinous }]
2 :
causing injury or blight ;
especially affecting with sudden violence or plague or ruin ; "
the blasting effects of the intense cold on the budding fruit "; "
the blasting force of the wind blowing sharp needles of sleet in our faces "; "
a ruinous war " [
synonym : {
blasting }, {
ruinous }]
Ruinous \
Ru "
in *
ous \,
a . [
L .
ruinosus :
cf .
F .
ruineux .
See {
Ruin }.]
1 .
Causing ,
or tending to cause ,
ruin ;
destructive ;
baneful ;
pernicious ;
as ,
a ruinous project .
[
1913 Webster ]
After a night of storm so ruinous . --
Milton .
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1913 Webster ]
2 .
Characterized by ruin ;
ruined ;
dilapidated ;
as ,
an edifice ,
bridge ,
or wall in a ruinous state .
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1913 Webster ]
3 .
Composed of ,
or consisting in ,
ruins .
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1913 Webster ]
Behold ,
Damascus . . .
shall be a ruinous heap .
--
Isa .
xvii .
1 .
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1913 Webster ]
Syn :
Dilapidated ;
decayed ;
demolished ;
pernicious ;
destructive ;
baneful ;
wasteful ;
mischievous .
[
1913 Webster ] -- {
Ru "
in *
ous *
ly },
adv . --
{
Ru "
in *
ous *
ness },
n .
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1913 Webster ]
158 Moby Thesaurus words for "
ruinous ":
ablative ,
annihilative ,
ausgespielt ,
baleful ,
baneful ,
bankrupt ,
battered ,
beat -
up ,
beaten up ,
bedraggled ,
biodegradable ,
black ,
blasted ,
blighted ,
blowzy ,
broken ,
broken -
down ,
calamitous ,
careless ,
cataclysmal ,
cataclysmic ,
catastrophic ,
chintzy ,
consuming ,
consumptive ,
corrosive ,
crippling ,
crumbling ,
deadly ,
decomposable ,
decomposing ,
decrepit ,
degradable ,
deleterious ,
demolishing ,
demolitionary ,
depredatory ,
derelict ,
desolated ,
desolating ,
destroyed ,
destroying ,
destructive ,
devastated ,
devastating ,
dilapidated ,
dire ,
disastrous ,
disintegrable ,
disintegrated ,
disintegrating ,
disintegrative ,
disjunctive ,
disruptive ,
done for ,
done in ,
doomful ,
down -
and -
out ,
drabbletailed ,
draggled ,
draggletailed ,
dusty ,
erosive ,
fallen ,
fatal ,
fateful ,
finished ,
fratricidal ,
frowzy ,
frumpish ,
frumpy ,
fusty ,
gone to pot ,
gone to seed ,
grievous ,
grubby ,
harmful ,
in rags ,
in ruins ,
informal ,
injurious ,
internecine ,
irremediable ,
kaput ,
loose ,
lumpen ,
messy ,
mildewed ,
moldering ,
moldy ,
moss -
grown ,
moth -
eaten ,
mussy ,
musty ,
nasty ,
negligent ,
nihilist ,
nihilistic ,
noxious ,
overthrown ,
pernicious ,
poisonous ,
poky ,
ragged ,
raggedy ,
ramshackle ,
ravaged ,
ravaging ,
resolvent ,
ruined ,
ruining ,
run -
down ,
rusty ,
scraggly ,
seedy ,
self -
destructive ,
separative ,
shabby ,
shattering ,
shoddy ,
slack ,
slatternly ,
slipshod ,
sloppy ,
slovenly ,
slummy ,
sluttish ,
solvent ,
sordid ,
spoiled ,
squalid ,
stale ,
subversionary ,
subversive ,
suicidal ,
tacky ,
tattered ,
time -
scarred ,
timeworn ,
tottery ,
toxic ,
tragic ,
tumbledown ,
undone ,
unkempt ,
unneat ,
unsightly ,
untidy ,
vandalic ,
vandalish ,
vandalistic ,
wasted ,
wasteful ,
wasting ,
withering ,
worn ,
wrecked ,
wreckful
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RUINOUS Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster The meaning of RUINOUS is dilapidated, ruined How to use ruinous in a sentence
RUINOUS | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary Add to word list causing permanent and severe harm: ruinous costs (Definition of ruinous from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
ruinous - Wiktionary, the free dictionary ruinous (comparative more ruinous, superlative most ruinous) Causing ruin; destructive, calamitous They were forced to completely replace the roof at ruinous expense
RUINOUS definition in American English | Collins English . . . A ruinous process or course of action is one that is likely to lead to ruin The economy of the state is experiencing the ruinous effects of the conflict
ruinous adjective - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and . . . Definition of ruinous adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more
Ruinous - definition of ruinous by The Free Dictionary 1 bringing or tending to bring ruin; destructive; disastrous: a ruinous war 2 fallen into ruin; dilapidated 3 extremely expensive
RUINOUS Definition Meaning | Dictionary. com Ruinous definition: bringing or tending to bring ruin; destructive; disastrous See examples of RUINOUS used in a sentence
ruinous, adj. meanings, etymology and more | Oxford English . . . ruinous, adj meanings, etymology, pronunciation and more in the Oxford English Dictionary
RUINOUS Synonyms: 86 Similar and Opposite Words | Merriam . . . Synonyms for RUINOUS: disastrous, fatal, unfortunate, catastrophic, destructive, calamitous, damning, fateful; Antonyms of RUINOUS: happy, fortuitous, fortunate, lucky, providential, promising, fair, optimistic
Ruinous - Definition, Meaning Synonyms | Vocabulary. com Something ruinous is really terrible or devastating, like a ruinous hurricane that floods your house or the ruinous effect of a new law on a country's poorest citizens