Associations to the word «Ruinous»
Noun
- Extravagance
- Expense
- Heap
- Importation
- Waverley
- Castle
- Habitation
- Decay
- Folly
- Strife
- Consequence
- Ignorant
- Affliction
- Speculation
- Condition
- Repair
- Parliamentarian
- Cottage
- Prosperity
- Edifice
- Toil
- Expenditure
- Staircase
- Tower
- Fortification
- Mansion
- Hastings
- Oppression
- Tenant
- Taxation
- Ruin
- Chapel
- Litigation
- Gentry
- Chateau
- Debt
- Arch
- Stable
- Gable
- Ancient
- Barn
- Necessity
- Injustice
- Fortress
- Priory
- Hut
- Impossible
- Proprietor
- Ignorance
- Plank
- Assertion
- Destruction
Adjective
Wiktionary
RUINOUS, adjective. Causing ruin; destructive, calamitous
RUINOUS, adjective. Characterized by ruin; ruined; dilapidated; as, an edifice, bridge, or wall in a ruinous state.
Dictionary definition
RUINOUS, adjective. Extremely harmful; bringing physical or financial ruin; "a catastrophic depression"; "catastrophic illness"; "a ruinous course of action".
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".
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