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

1. adjective. Causing, or tending to cause, ruin; destructive; baneful; pernicious; as, a ruinous project.
2. adjective. Characterized by ruin; ruined; dilapidated; as, an edifice, bridge, or wall in a ruinous state.
3. adjective. Composed of, or consisting in, ruins.
4. 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"

   Synonyms: blasting

5. adjective. extremely harmful; bringing physical or financial ruin

   "a catastrophic depression"

   "catastrophic illness"

   Synonyms: catastrophic

Synonyms

blasting, catastrophic

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in ruinous:

urinous

Common word forms

ruinously, ruinousness

Words from these letters

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