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RUINOUS
blasting, ruinous
(adjective) 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”
catastrophic, ruinous
(adjective) extremely harmful; bringing physical or financial ruin; “a catastrophic depression”; “catastrophic illness”; “a ruinous course of action”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
ruinous (comparative more ruinous, superlative most ruinous)
Causing ruin; destructive, calamitous
Extremely costly; so expensive as to cause financial ruin.
Characterized by ruin; ruined; dilapidated; as, an edifice, bridge, or wall in a ruinous state.
Synonyms
• (characterized by ruin): See ramshackle
Anagrams
• urinous
Source: Wiktionary
Ru"in*ous, a. Etym: [L. ruinosus: cf. F. ruineux. See Ruin.]
1. Causing, or tending to cause, ruin; destructive; baneful; pernicious; as, a ruinous project. After a night of storm so ruinous. Milton.
2. Characterized by ruin; ruined; dilapidated; as, an edifice, bridge, or wall in a ruinous state.
3. Composed of, or consisting in, ruins. Behold, Damascus . . . shall be a ruinous heap. Isa. xvii. 1.
Syn.
– Dilapidated; decayed; demolished; pernicious; destructive; baneful; wasteful; mischievous.
– Ru"in*ous*ly, adv.
– Ru"in*ous*ness, n.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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