Synonyms for ruined
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : roo-in |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈru ɪn |
Top 10 synonyms for ruined Other synonyms for the word ruined
- beggared
- botched
- broke
- busted
- crashed
- crushed
- decayed
- defaced
- defiled
- deflowered
- desolated
- despoiled
- done for
- exterminated
- extinct
- extinguished
- extirpated
- finished
- fleeced
- forced
- fordone
- gone under
- harmed
- harried
- hurt
- impaired
- indebted
- injured
- insolvent
- irremediable
- irreparable
- marred
- mutilated
- out of business
- pauperized
- penniless
- pillaged
- plundered
- poverty-stricken
- raped
- ravished
- reduced
- robbed
- shot
- spoilt
- subverted
- torn down
- totaled
- undid
- undone
- violated
Définition 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
- 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
Antonyms for ruined
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