ruin

ruin is a 4-letter English word with 19 senses as noun, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The act of falling or tumbling down; fall. Face value is 4 in Scrabble and 6 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

4 letters · Scrabble 4 · Words With Friends 6 · 19 senses

Definitions

1. noun. The act of falling or tumbling down; fall.
2. noun. Such a change of anything as destroys it, or entirely defeats its object, or unfits it for use; destruction; overthrow; as, the ruin of a ship or an army; the ruin of a constitution or a government; the ruin of health or hopes.
3. noun. That which is fallen down and become worthless from injury or decay; as, his mind is a ruin; especially, in the plural, the remains of a destroyed, dilapidated, or desolate house, fortress, city, or the like.
4. noun. The state of being dcayed, or of having become ruined or worthless; as, to be in ruins; to go to ruin.
5. noun. That which promotes injury, decay, or destruction.
6. noun. To bring to ruin; to cause to fall to pieces and decay; to make to perish; to bring to destruction; to bring to poverty or bankruptcy; to impair seriously; to damage essentially; to overthrow.
7. intransitive verb. To fall to ruins; to go to ruin; to become decayed or dilapidated; to perish.
8. noun. destruction achieved by causing something to be wrecked or ruined

   Synonyms: ruination, ruining, wrecking

9. noun. a ruined building

   "they explored several Roman ruins"

10. noun. failure that results in a loss of position or reputation

    Synonyms: downfall, ruination

11. noun. an event that results in destruction

    Synonyms: ruination

12. noun. the process of becoming dilapidated

    Synonyms: dilapidation

13. noun. an irrecoverable state of devastation and destruction

    "you have brought ruin on this entire family"

    Synonyms: ruination

14. verb. fall into ruin
15. verb. deprive of virginity

    "This dirty old man deflowered several young girls in the village"

    Synonyms: deflower

16. verb. destroy completely; damage irreparably

    "You have ruined my car by pouring sugar in the tank!"

    "The tears ruined her make-up"

    Synonyms: destroy

17. verb. reduce to ruins

    "The country lay ruined after the war"

18. verb. reduce to bankruptcy

    "My daughter's fancy wedding is going to break me!"

    "The slump in the financial markets smashed him"

    Synonyms: bankrupt, break, smash

19. verb. destroy or cause to fail

    "This behavior will ruin your chances of winning the election"

Synonyms

ruination, ruining, wrecking, downfall, dilapidation, deflower, destroy, bankrupt, break, smash

Common word forms

ruins, ruined, ruiner, ruining, ruinous, ruinable

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