Dictionary Entry
ruinous
ruinous is a 7-letter English word with 5 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Causing, or tending to cause, ruin; destructive; baneful; pernicious; as, a ruinous project. Face value is 7 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
7 letters · Scrabble 7 · Words With Friends 10 · 5 senses
Definitions
- 1adjective
Causing, or tending to cause, ruin; destructive; baneful; pernicious; as, a ruinous project.
- 2adjective
Characterized by ruin; ruined; dilapidated; as, an edifice, bridge, or wall in a ruinous state.
- 3adjective
Composed of, or consisting in, ruins.
- 4adjective
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"
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- 5adjective
extremely harmful; bringing physical or financial ruin
"a catastrophic depression"
"catastrophic illness"
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