Synonyms for ruinous

Grammar : Adj

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Phonetic Transcription : ˈru ə nəs

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Définition of ruinous

Origin : late 14c., "going to ruin," from Old French ruinos (Modern French ruineux) or directly from Latin ruinosus "tumbling down, going to ruin," from ruina (see ruin (n.)). Meaning "causing ruin" is from mid-15c. Related: Ruinously.

adj disastrous, devastating

Example sentences :

This was effected, and the ruinous city was in the hands of the French.
Extract from : « Cameos from English History, from Rollo to Edward II » by Charlotte Mary Yonge

But the aims of states should be good, or else, like the prayer of Theseus, they may be ruinous to themselves.
Extract from : « Laws » by Plato

Truly it is not a ruinous service, Socrates (he answered)—far from it.
Extract from : « The Symposium » by Xenophon

Nothing is so ruinous; and just at the moment when you want them, they will not be forthcoming.
Extract from : « The Sportsman » by Xenophon

This series was published in 1735, and the church was then in a ruinous condition.
Extract from : « Hampstead and Marylebone » by Geraldine Edith Mitton

He kept them faithful to him by lending them money—at ruinous interest.
Extract from : « Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, Complete » by Albert Bigelow Paine

He denounced Polly's equestrianism as a most ruinous and extravagant pursuit.
Extract from : « Barrington » by Charles James Lever

The lies are found out; ruinous penalty is exacted for them.
Extract from : « The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, May 1844 » by Various

In her sober senses she would not want to do such a ruinous thing.
Extract from : « The Highgrader » by William MacLeod Raine

Dust and cobwebs lent a disreputable and ruinous effect to them.
Extract from : « The Cryptogram » by William Murray Graydon

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