Synonyms for ruin
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : roo-in |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈru ɪn |
Top 10 synonyms for ruin Other synonyms for the word ruin
- atrophy
- bane
- bath
- beggar
- botch
- break
- breakdown
- bring down
- bring to ruin
- bust
- clean out
- confusion
- crackup
- crash
- crumbling
- damage
- decay
- deface
- defeat
- defile
- degeneracy
- degeneration
- deplore
- depredate
- desecrate
- despoil
- destitution
- deterioration
- devour
- dilapidate
- dilapidation
- disfigure
- disintegration
- disrepair
- dissolution
- do in
- downfall
- downgrade
- drain
- extinction
- failure
- fall
- fleece
- havoc
- impoverish
- injure
- insolvency
- lay waste
- loss
- maim
- make a mess of
- mangle
- mar
- mutilate
- nemesis
- overthrow
- overturn
- overwhelm
- pauperize
- pillage
- rape
- ravish
- raze
- reduce
- ruination
- sack
- shatter
- skids
- smash
- spoil
- spoilate
- subversion
- the end
- total
- undoing
- use up
- waste
- waterloo
- wipe out
- wrack
- wreak havoc on
- wreck
- wreckage
Définition of ruin
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.
- noun situation of devastation
- verb devastate, destroy
- Were all the events of life combining to ruin or to save him?
- Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
- There is a grandeur in the ruin to be enjoyed, as well as a scene of beauty from its towers.
- Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook
- To put it out of your power to ruin yourself is the only way left to prevent your ruin.
- Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
- Until now there's a man that can squeeze and ruin me any day, and that's Merchant.
- Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
- Well, since rhyming's been my ruin, let me rhyme to the bitter end.
- Extract from : « Ballads of a Bohemian » by Robert W. Service
- His early vow to ruin as many of the fair sex as he can get into his power.
- Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
- It was the law that had worked the ruin of her life, which she had striven to make wholesome.
- Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
- The whole is a ruin, yet intact, if I may be pardoned the paradox.
- Extract from : « The Roof of France » by Matilda Betham-Edwards
- You have barely finished your experiments, and now you're planning my ruin.
- Extract from : « The Bacillus of Beauty » by Harriet Stark
- Indeed, my ruin came not from too great individualism of life, but from too little.
- Extract from : « De Profundis » by Oscar Wilde
Antonyms for ruin
- accomplishment
- achievement
- adorn
- advantage
- aid
- ascent
- assist
- attainment
- beautify
- blessing
- build
- building
- construct
- construction
- create
- creation
- cure
- decorate
- develop
- development
- fix
- grow
- growth
- heal
- help
- honor
- improvement
- lose
- mend
- ornament
- praise
- protect
- repair
- rise
- sanctify
- strengthen
- success
- surrender
- win
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