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" (175 found)
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Related words (87)
injuriousinternecineirremediablekaputkillinglooselumpenmessymildewedmolderingmoldymoss-grownmoth eatenmoth-eatenmurderousmussymustynastynegligentnihilist
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nihilisticnoxiousoverthrownperniciouspoisonouspokyraggedraggedyramshackleravagedravagingresolventruinedruiningrun downrun-downrustyscragglyseedyself-destructiveseparativeshabbyshatteringshoddyslackslatternlyslipshodsloppyslovenlyslummysluttishsolventsordidspoiledsqualidstalesubversionarysubversivesuicidaltackytatteredtime-scarredtimeworntotterytoxictragictumbledownundoneunfortunateunkemptunneatunsightlyuntidyvandalicvandalishvandalisticviolentwastedwastefulwastingwitheringwornwreckedwreckful
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7 entriessimilar
2 entriesTranslations
14 translations across 12 languages.
Asturian
1 entries- ruinosu adj (destructive)
Bulgarian
2 entries- гибелен adj (destructive)
- разрушителен adj (destructive)
Catalan
1 entries- ruïnós adj (destructive)
French
1 entries- ruineux adj (destructive)
Italian
1 entries- rovinoso adj (destructive)
Latin
2 entries- calamitōsus adj (destructive)
- perniciosus adj (destructive)
Norman
1 entries- ruinneux adj (destructive)
Portuguese
1 entries- ruinoso adj (destructive)
Sardinian
1 entries- arruinósu adj (destructive)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- sgriosail adj (destructive)
Spanish
1 entries- ruinoso adj (destructive)
Venetan
1 entries- rovinóxo adj (destructive)
Sample sentences
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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