ruinous

ru·in·ous

R0342100 (ro͞o′ə-nəs)adj.1. Causing or apt to cause ruin; destructive: a ruinous habit; a ruinous rivalry.2. Falling to ruin; dilapidated or decayed.

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ru′in·ous·ly adv.ru′in·ous·ness n.

ruinous

(ˈruːɪnəs) adjcausing, tending to cause, or characterized by ruin or destruction: a ruinous course of action. ˈruinously adv ˈruinousness n

ru•in•ous

(ˈru ə nəs)

adj. 1. bringing or tending to bring ruin; destructive; disastrous: a ruinous war. 2. fallen into ruin; dilapidated. 3. extremely expensive. [1350–1400; Middle English ruynouse < Latin ruīnōsus=ruīn(a) ruin + -ōsus -ous] ru′in•ous•ly, adv. ru′in•ous•ness, n.

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	ruinous - extremely harmful; bringing physical or financial ruin; "a catastrophic depression"; "catastrophic illness"; "a ruinous course of action"catastrophicharmful - causing or capable of causing harm; "too much sun is harmful to the skin"; "harmful effects of smoking"
	2.	ruinous - 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"blastingdestructive - causing destruction or much damage; "a policy that is destructive to the economy"; "destructive criticism"

ruinous

adjective1. extravagant, crippling, outrageous, inflated, wasteful, extortionate, excessively high, immoderate the ruinous costs of the legal system2. destructive, devastating, shattering, fatal, deadly, disastrous, dire, withering, catastrophic, murderous, pernicious, noxious, calamitous, baleful, deleterious, injurious, baneful (archaic) the ruinous effects of the conflict3. ruined, broken-down, derelict, ramshackle, dilapidated, in ruins, decrepit, tumbledown They passed by the ruinous building.

ruinous

adjective1. Causing ruin or destruction:calamitous, cataclysmal, cataclysmic, catastrophic, destructive, disastrous, fatal, fateful.2. Having the capability or effect of damaging irreparably:destructive, pernicious.3. Falling to ruin:dilapidated, ramshackle, rundown, tumbledown.

Translations

rovinosoin rovina