English-Thai Dictionary

ruinous

ADJ ย่อยยับ  ล่มจม  พินาศ  pernicious calamitous disastrous yoi-yab

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

RUINOUS

a.[L. ruinosus.] 1. Fallen to ruin; entirely decayed; demolished; dilapidated; as an edifice, bridge or wall in a ruinous state.
2. Destructive; baneful; pernicious; bringing or tending to bring certain ruin. Who can describe the ruinous practice of intemperance?
3. Composed of ruins; consisting in ruins; as a ruinous heap. Isaiah 17:1.

 

RUINOUSLY

adv. In a ruinous manner; destructively.

 

RUINOUSNESS

n.A ruinous state or quality.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

RUINOUS

Ru "in *ous, a. Etym: [L. ruinosus: cf. F. ruineux. See Ruin. ]

 

1. Causing, or tending to cause, ruin; destructive; baneful; pernicious; as, a ruinous project. After a night of storm so ruinous. Milton.

 

2. Characterized by ruin; ruined; dilapidated; as, an edifice, bridge, or wall in a ruinous state.

 

3. Composed of, or consisting in, ruins. Behold, Damascus. .. shall be a ruinous heap. Isa. xvii. 1.

 

Syn. -- Dilapidated; decayed; demolished; pernicious; destructive; baneful; wasteful; mischievous. -- Ru "in *ous *ly, adv. -- Ru "in *ous *ness, n.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

ruinous

ru in ous |ˈro͞oənəs ˈruənəs | ▶adjective 1 disastrous or destructive: a ruinous effect on the environment. • costing far more than can be afforded: the cost of their ransom might be ruinous. 2 in ruins; dilapidated: the castle is ruinous. DERIVATIVES ru in ous ly adverb, ru in ous ness noun ORIGIN late Middle English (also in the sense ‘falling down ’): from Latin ruinosus, from ruina (see ruin ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

ruinous

ruin |ous |ˈruːɪnəs | ▶adjective 1 disastrous or destructive: a ruinous effect on the environment. • costing far more than can be afforded: the cost of their ransom might be ruinous. 2 in ruins; dilapidated: the castle is ruinous. DERIVATIVES ruinously adverb, ruinousness noun ORIGIN late Middle English (also in the sense ‘falling down ’): from Latin ruinosus, from ruina (see ruin ).

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

ruinous

ruinous adjective 1 a ruinous trade war: disastrous, devastating, catastrophic, calamitous, crippling, crushing, damaging, destructive, harmful; costly. 2 ruinous interest rates: extortionate, exorbitant, excessive, sky-high, outrageous, inflated; informal criminal, steep.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

ruinous

ruinous adjective 1 the spectre of a ruinous trade war loomed: disastrous, devastating, catastrophic, calamitous, cataclysmic, crippling, crushing, dire, injurious, damaging, destructive, harmful; costly. ANTONYMS beneficial. 2 lending money at ruinous interest rates: extortionate, exorbitant, excessively high, sky-high, outrageous, inflated, more than can be afforded; Brit. over the odds; informal criminal, steep. 3 a little to the west of the house is an old, ruinous chapel: derelict, in ruins, ruined, gone to rack and ruin, dilapidated, tumbledown, ramshackle, broken-down, decrepit, in disrepair, falling to pieces, falling apart, crumbling, decaying, disintegrating; neglected, uncared-for; informal shambly; N. Amer. informal shacky. ANTONYMS intact, well maintained.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

ruinous

ru in ous /rú (ː )ɪnəs /形容詞 1 破滅的な ; 破滅を招く ; 〈 経費 利子などが 〉法外な ▸ a ruinous loss 致命的な損失 2 荒れ果てた, 荒廃した .～ly 副詞 ～ness 名詞