- ruinous
- adjective Date: 14th century 1. dilapidated, ruined 2. causing or tending to cause ruin • ruinously adverb • ruinousness noun
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ruinous — ru‧in‧ous [ˈruːnəs] adjective 1. causing great damage to something: • a ruinous civil war 2. FINANCE costing a lot more than you can afford: • the prospect of ruinous legal costs ruinously adverb … Financial and business terms
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. [1913 Webster] 2. Characterized by… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
ruinous — [ro͞o′ə nəs] adj. [ME ruinouse < L ruinosus] 1. falling or fallen into ruin; dilapidated; decayed 2. bringing or tending to bring ruin; very destructive or harmful; disastrous [ruinous floods] ruinously adv. ruinousness n … English World dictionary
ruinous — index adverse (negative), bad (offensive), deadly, deleterious, diabolic, dire, disastrous … Law dictionary
ruinous — late 14c., from Fr. ruineux or directly from L. ruinosus, from ruina (see RUIN (Cf. ruin)). Related: Ruinously … Etymology dictionary
ruinous — [adj] disastrous, devastating annihilative, baleful, baneful, calamitous, cataclysmic, catastrophic, crippling, damaging, deadly, deleterious, depleting, dire, draining, exhausting, extravagant, fatal, fateful, harmful, hurtful, immoderate,… … New thesaurus
ruinous — ► ADJECTIVE 1) disastrous or destructive. 2) in ruins; dilapidated. DERIVATIVES ruinously adverb … English terms dictionary
ruinous — ru|in|ous [ˈru:ınəs] adj 1.) causing a lot of damage or problems ▪ a ruinous civil war 2.) costing much more than you can afford ▪ ruinous rates of interest 3.) formal a building that is ruinous has been almost completely destroyed = ↑ruined ▪ an … Dictionary of contemporary English
ruinous — [[t]ru͟ːɪnəs[/t]] 1) ADJ: usu ADJ n If you describe the cost of something as ruinous, you mean that it costs far more money than you can afford or than is reasonable. Many Britons will still fear the potentially ruinous costs of their legal… … English dictionary
ruinous — ruinously, adv. ruinousness, n. /rooh euh neuhs/, adj. 1. bringing or tending to bring ruin; destructive; disastrous: a ruinous war. 2. fallen into ruin; dilapidated: a ruinous house. 3. consisting of ruins: a ruinous city from antiquity. [1350… … Universalium
ruinous — ru|in|ous [ ruınəs ] adjective 1. ) causing severe damage or loss: The repair costs were potentially ruinous. 2. ) FORMAL severely damaged: a ruinous castle ╾ ru|in|ous|ly adverb … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
