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Antonyms for ruined

Grammar : Adj
Spell : roo-in
Phonetic Transcription : ˈru ɪn


Definition of ruined

Origin :
  • late 14c., "act of giving way and falling down," from Old French ruine "a collapse" (14c.), and directly from Latin ruina "a collapse, a rushing down, a tumbling down" (cf. Spanish ruina, Italian rovina), related to ruere "to rush, fall violently, collapse," from PIE *reue- "to smash, knock down, tear out, dig up" (see rough (adj.)). Meaning "complete destruction of anything" is from 1670s. Ruins "remains of a decayed building or town" is from mid-15c.; the same sense was in the Latin plural noun.
  • adj destroyed
  • adj spoiled
  • adj rendered unchaste
  • adj bankrupt
Example sentences :
  • Running the car into the shadow of a ruined house, I try to sleep.
  • Extract from : « Ballads of a Bohemian » by Robert W. Service
  • The hot pursuit of the fugitive plunderers had ruined the day.
  • Extract from : « Cameos from English History, from Rollo to Edward II » by Charlotte Mary Yonge
  • She always says that she's at her best when she feels that I've ruined her life.
  • Extract from : « The Foolish Lovers » by St. John G. Ervine
  • Along the southern face of the position there are no buildings which are not ruined.
  • Extract from : « Camps, Quarters and Casual Places » by Archibald Forbes
  • It is done—it cannot be undone: I am a weak, ruined, dishonoured wretch!
  • Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 5 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
  • But the wide wings could never be made again, and the head was ruined.
  • Extract from : « Buried Cities, Part 2 » by Jennie Hall
  • It was these ruined walls that interested the people on the hill.
  • Extract from : « Buried Cities: Pompeii, Olympia, Mycenae » by Jennie Hall
  • Love, that might have ruined, being once subdued, preserved her from all after danger.
  • Extract from : « Alice, or The Mysteries, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • Then he walked to the bedroom, and shut himself in with his ruined bass-viol and the darkness.
  • Extract from : « Meadow Grass » by Alice Brown
  • Why should his spirit be doomed to live on in a ruined home?
  • Extract from : « The Comrade In White » by W. H. Leathem

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