Associations to the word «Ruinous»
Noun
Adverb
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
In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike
fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the
new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.