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English Dictionary: ruinous	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for ruinous
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ruinous adj extremely harmful; bringing physical or financial ruin; "a catastrophic depression"; "catastrophic illness"; "a ruinous course of action" Synonym(s): catastrophic, 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" Synonym(s): blasting, ruinous
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ruinous \Ru"inous\, a. [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"inously}, adv. -- {Ru"inousness}, n.