Search Result for "ruinous": 
Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. extremely harmful; bringing physical or financial ruin;
- Example: "a catastrophic depression"
- Example: "catastrophic illness"
- Example: "a ruinous course of action"
[syn: catastrophic, ruinous]

2. causing injury or blight; especially affecting with sudden violence or plague or ruin;
- Example: "the blasting effects of the intense cold on the budding fruit"
- Example: "the blasting force of the wind blowing sharp needles of sleet in our faces"
- Example: "a ruinous war"
[syn: blasting, ruinous]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

ruinous
    adj 1: extremely harmful; bringing physical or financial ruin;
           "a catastrophic depression"; "catastrophic illness"; "a
           ruinous course of action" [syn: catastrophic,
           ruinous]
    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, ruinous]