ruinous

Meaning

1. Causing ruin; destructive, calamitous.
2. Extremely costly; so expensive as to cause financial ruin.
3. Characterized by ruin; ruined; dilapidated; as, an edifice, bridge, or wall in a ruinous state.

Synonyms

disastrous

destructive

pernicious

calamitous

fatal

baneful

blasting

catastrophic

baleful

unfortunate

wasteful

cataclysmic

pestiferous

devastating

wasting

withering

wrecking

ruinated

ruinatious

catawampus

bad

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vandalous

detrimental

fateful

grievous

ill-omened

injurious

internecine

noxious

pestilent

pestilential

rotten

ruinate

unlucky

unsatisfactory

Translations

rovinoso

ruinoso

catastrophique

ruineux

yıkık

catastrofico

yıkıcı

vervallen

verderblich

calamitoso

in rovina

bouwvallig

destructief

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Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɹuː.ɪnəs/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: ruynous

In summary

From Middle English ruynous, from Old French ruinos, ruineus, from Latin ruīnōsus. By surface analysis, ruin + -ous.