ruinous Synonyms
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- fair
- providential
- fortunate
- promising
- fortuitous
- fair
- happy
- fortuitous
- happy
- fortunate
- providential
- lucky
- promising
- lucky
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- fluky
- bright
- upbeat
- hopeful
- propitious
- heartening
- optimistic
- flukey
- heartening
- upbeat
- auspicious
- propitious
- rosy
- golden
- hopeful
- golden
- optimistic
- encouraging
- encouraging
- rosy
- flukey
- fluky
- bright
- auspicious
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ruinous Meaning
ruinous (s)
extremely harmful; bringing physical or financial ruin
causing injury or blight; especially affecting with sudden violence or plague or ruin
ruinous (a.)
Causing, or tending to cause, ruin; destructive; baneful; pernicious; as, a ruinous project.
Characterized by ruin; ruined; dilapidated; as, an edifice, bridge, or wall in a ruinous state.
Composed of, or consisting in, ruins.
ruinous Sentence Examples
- The ruinous hurricane winds shredded the coastal homes, leaving behind a trail of devastation.
- The company's reckless investments led to a ruinous financial collapse.
- The ruinous earthquake shattered the ancient city into rubble.
- The politician's scandalous affair proved ruinous for his career.
- The ruinous floodwaters inundated the village, forcing residents to evacuate.
- The ruinous wildfire consumed thousands of acres of forest, leaving behind a desolate wasteland.
- The government's economic policies had a ruinous impact on the nation's currency.
- The ruinous drought parched the crops, threatening the livelihoods of farmers.
- The ruinous ice storm crippled the power grid, plunging the city into darkness.
- The ruinous storm surge demolished the beachfront properties, rendering them uninhabitable.
FAQs About the word ruinous
extremely harmful; bringing physical or financial ruin, causing injury or blight; especially affecting with sudden violence or plague or ruinCausing, or tending
disastrous, unfortunate, fatal, catastrophic, damning,destructive, fateful, calamitous, cataclysmic, damaging
fair, providential, fortunate, promising, fortuitous, fair, happy, fortuitous,happy, fortunate
The ruinous hurricane winds shredded the coastal homes, leaving behind a trail of devastation.
The company's reckless investments led to a ruinous financial collapse.
The ruinous earthquake shattered the ancient city into rubble.
The politician's scandalous affair proved ruinous for his career.
