Found 2 items, similar to ruinous.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: ruinous ruinous adj 1: extremely harmful; bringing physical or financial ruin; “a catastrophic depression”; “catastrophic illness”; “a ruinous course of action” [syn: catastrophic] 2: 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”; “a ruinous war” [syn: blasting]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Ruinous Ruinous \Ru"in*ous\, a. [L. ruinosus: cf. F. ruineux. See Ruin.] 1. Causing, or tending to cause, ruin; destructive; baneful; pernicious; as, a ruinous project. [1913 Webster] After a night of storm so ruinous. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. Characterized by ruin; ruined; dilapidated; as, an edifice, bridge, or wall in a ruinous state. [1913 Webster] 3. Composed of, or consisting in, ruins. [1913 Webster] Behold, Damascus . . . shall be a ruinous heap. --Isa. xvii. 1. [1913 Webster] Syn: Dilapidated; decayed; demolished; pernicious; destructive; baneful; wasteful; mischievous. [1913 Webster] -- Ru"in*ous*ly, adv. -- Ru"in*ous*ness, n. [1913 Webster]