Origin: Latin
suffix -ous
Ruinous has 3 different meanings across 1 category:
Adjective
Adjective
1
extremely harmful; bringing physical or financial ruin
"a catastrophic depression"
"catastrophic illness"
"a ruinous course of action"
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"
3
Causing ruin; destructive, calamitous
Example Sentences
"a catastrophic depression"
adjective
"catastrophic illness"
adjective
"a ruinous course of action"
adjective
"the blasting effects of the intense cold on the budding fruit"
adjective
"the blasting force of the wind blowing sharp needles of sleet in our faces"
adjective
"a ruinous war"
adjective