"ruinous" meaning in English

See ruinous in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈɹuː.ɪnəs/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-ruinous.wav , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-ruinous.wav Forms: more ruinous [comparative], most ruinous [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle English ruynous, from Old French ruinos, ruineus, from Latin ruīnōsus. By surface analysis, ruin + -ous. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|ruynous}} Middle English ruynous, {{der|en|fro|ruinos}} Old French ruinos, {{der|en|la|ruīnōsus}} Latin ruīnōsus, {{surf|en|ruin|-ous}} By surface analysis, ruin + -ous Head templates: {{en-adj}} ruinous (comparative more ruinous, superlative most ruinous)
  1. Causing ruin; destructive, calamitous Translations (destructive): ruinosu (Asturian), разрушителен (razrušitelen) (Bulgarian), гибелен (gibelen) (Bulgarian), ruïnós (Catalan), ruineux (French), rovinoso (Italian), calamitōsus (Latin), perniciosus (Latin), ruinneux (Norman), ruinoso (Portuguese), arruinósu (Sardinian), sgriosail (Scottish Gaelic), ruinoso (Spanish), rovinóxo (Venetan)
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  2. Extremely costly; so expensive as to cause financial ruin.
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  3. Characterized by ruin; ruined; dilapidated; as, an edifice, bridge, or wall in a ruinous state. Synonyms (characterized by ruin): ramshackle
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: ruinously, ruinousness
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        ],
        [
          "expensive",
          "expensive"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Characterized by ruin; ruined; dilapidated; as, an edifice, bridge, or wall in a ruinous state."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "ruined",
          "ruined"
        ],
        [
          "dilapidated",
          "dilapidated"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "ipa": "/ˈɹuː.ɪnəs/"
    },
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  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "characterized by ruin",
      "word": "ramshackle"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ast",
      "lang": "Asturian",
      "sense": "destructive",
      "word": "ruinosu"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "razrušitelen",
      "sense": "destructive",
      "word": "разрушителен"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "gibelen",
      "sense": "destructive",
      "word": "гибелен"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "destructive",
      "word": "ruïnós"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "destructive",
      "word": "ruineux"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "destructive",
      "word": "rovinoso"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "destructive",
      "word": "calamitōsus"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "destructive",
      "word": "perniciosus"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "destructive",
      "word": "ruinneux"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "destructive",
      "word": "ruinoso"
    },
    {
      "code": "sc",
      "lang": "Sardinian",
      "sense": "destructive",
      "word": "arruinósu"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "destructive",
      "word": "sgriosail"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "destructive",
      "word": "ruinoso"
    },
    {
      "code": "vec",
      "lang": "Venetan",
      "sense": "destructive",
      "word": "rovinóxo"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ruinous"
}

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