What is "ruinous" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does ruinous mean in English? Meaning of ruinous definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "ruinous" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "ruinous": extremely harmful; bringing physical or financial ruin

Adjective

  • Meaning: extremely harmful; bringing physical or financial ruin
  • Example: a catastrophic depression catastrophic illness a ruinous course of action
  • Synonyms: catastrophic ruinous
  • Similar: harmful
  • Meaning of "ruinous": causing injury or blight; especially affecting with sudden violence or plague or ruin

    Adjective

  • Meaning: causing injury or blight; especially affecting with sudden violence or plague or ruin
  • Example: 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
  • Synonyms: blasting ruinous
  • Similar: destructive
  • Adjective: Causing ruin; destructive, calamitousCharacterized by ruin; ruined; dilapidated; as, an edifice, bridge, or wall in a ruinous state.
  • Synonyms:

    murderous, catastrophic, calamitous, hurtful, pernicious, harmful, cataclysmic, dire, deadly, fatal, damaging, baleful, baneful, deleterious, extravagant, fateful, immoderate, injurious, noxious, suicidal, unfortunate, wasteful, withering, draining, exhausting, crippling, annihilative, depleting, impoverishing, shattering, wrackful,

    Antonyms:

    fortunate, harmless, helpful, kind, trivial, unimportant, healthful, wholesome, advantageous, assisting, beneficial, favorable, nice,

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    ruinous in English: ruinous
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