Only a poor man knows what such a passion costs in cab-hire, gloves, linen, tailor's bills, and the like. If the Platonic stage lasts a little too long, the affair grows ruinous.
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Ruinous
/ˈɹuː.ɪnəs/
Synonyms for "ruinous" (193 found)
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Adjective(5 words)
Noun(3 words)
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Adjective(5 words)
Noun(2 words)
decomposabledecomposingdecrepitdegradabledeleteriousdemolishingdemolitionarydepredatoryderelictdesolateddesolatingdestroyeddestroyingdestructivedevastateddevastatingdilapidateddiredisastrousdisintegrable
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disintegrateddisintegratingdisintegrativedisjunctivedisruptivedone fordone indoomfuldown at the heeldown-and-outdrabbletaileddraggleddraggletaileddustyerosiveevilfallenfatalfatefulfinishedfratricidalfrowzyfrumpishfrumpyfustygone to potgone to seedgrievousgrubbyharmfulin rags
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in ruinsinformalinjuriousinternecineirremediablekaputkillinglooselumpenmessymildewedmolderingmoldymoss-grownmoth eatenmoth-eatenmurderousmussymustynasty
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negligentnihilistnihilisticnoxiousoverthrownperniciouspoisonouspokyraggedraggedyramshackleravagedravagingresolventruinedruiningrun downrun-downrustyscragglyseedyself-destructiveseparativeshabbyshatteringshoddyslackslatternlyslipshodsloppyslovenlyslummysluttishsolventsordidspoiledsqualidstalesubversionarysubversivesuicidaltackytatteredtime-scarredtimeworntotterytoxictragictumbledownundoneunfortunateunkemptunneatunsightlyuntidyvandalicvandalishvandalisticviolentwastedwastefulwastingwitheringwornwreckedwreckful
Noun(6 words)
Verb(1 words)
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6 total sentences available.
She explained to the Lord of Ravenswood that they were under the necessity of separating so soon as the bell of a chapel, belonging to a hermitage in the adjoining wood, now long ruinous, should toll the hour of vespers.
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Absolute tolerance is ruinous to a tolerant society.
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Italians aren't the only Europeans expressing frustration with financially ruinous and freedom-restricting curbs—nor are they alone in demanding to be unshackled, despite rising infections.
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