Meaning of RUINOUS
| Pronunciation: | | 'roounus
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- [adj] causing injury or blight; especially affecting with sudden violence or plague or ruin; "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"
- [adj] extremely harmful; bringing physical or financial ruin; "a catastrophic depression"; "catastrophic illness"; "a ruinous course of action"
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| | Definition: | | \Ru"in*ous\, a. [L. ruinosus: cf. F. ruineux. See
{Ruin}.]
1. Causing, or tending to cause, ruin; destructive; baneful;
pernicious; as, a ruinous project.
After a night of storm so ruinous. --Milton.
2. Characterized by ruin; ruined; dilapidated; as, an
edifice, bridge, or wall in a ruinous state.
3. Composed of, or consisting in, ruins.
Behold, Damascus . . . shall be a ruinous heap.
--Isa. xvii.
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Syn: Dilapidated; decayed; demolished; pernicious;
destructive; baneful; wasteful; mischievous. --
{Ru"in*ous*ly}, adv. -- {Ru"in*ous*ness}, n.
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