ADJECTIVE | all | ruinous, catastrophic | extremely harmful |
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all | ruinous, blasting | causing injury or blight |
Sounds | ruw'ahnahs | |
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Rhymes | abacus ... zealous: 1164 rhymes with ahs... |
Meaning | Extremely harmful; bringing physical or financial ruin. | |
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Example | "a ruinous course of action" | |
Synonym | catastrophic | |
Broader | harmful | Causing or capable of causing harm |
Spanish | cataclísmico, catastrófico, ruinoso | |
Catalan | cataclísmic, catastròfic, ruinós | |
Nouns | ruin | an event that results in destruction |
ruin | an irrecoverable state of devastation and destruction | |
Adverbs | ruinously | in a ruinous / ruinous manner or to a ruinous / ruinous degree |
Meaning | Causing injury or blight; especially affecting with sudden violence or plague / plague / plague or ruin. | |
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Example | "a ruinous war" | |
Synonym | blasting | |
Broader | destructive | Causing destruction or much damage / damage |
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