Associations to the word «Ruinous»
Noun
- Extravagance
- Expense
- Heap
- Importation
- Waverley
- Castle
- Habitation
- Decay
- Folly
- Strife
- Consequence
- Ignorant
- Affliction
- Speculation
- Condition
- Repair
- Parliamentarian
- Cottage
- Prosperity
- Edifice
- Toil
- Expenditure
- Staircase
- Tower
- Fortification
- Mansion
- Hastings
- Oppression
- Tenant
- Taxation
- Ruin
- Chapel
- Litigation
- Gentry
- Chateau
- Debt
- Arch
- Stable
- Gable
- Ancient
- Barn
- Necessity
- Injustice
- Fortress
- Priory
- Hut
- Impossible
- Proprietor
- Ignorance
- Plank
- Assertion
- Destruction
Adjective
Wiktionary
RUINOUS, adjective. Causing ruin; destructive, calamitous
RUINOUS, adjective. Characterized by ruin; ruined; dilapidated; as, an edifice, bridge, or wall in a ruinous state.
Dictionary definition
RUINOUS, adjective. Extremely harmful; bringing physical or financial ruin; "a catastrophic depression"; "catastrophic illness"; "a ruinous course of action".
RUINOUS, adjective. 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".
Wise words
Occasionally in life there are those moments of unutterable
fulfillment which cannot be completely explained by those
symbols called words. Their meanings can only be articulated
by the inaudible language of the heart.