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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024ru•in•ous /ˈruənəs/USA pronunciation adj. - bringing or likely to cause ruin:a ruinous war.
ru•in•ous•ly, adv.: Moving to another town would have been ruinously expensive.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024ru•in•ous (ro̅o̅′ə nəs),USA pronunciation adj. - bringing or tending to bring ruin;
destructive;
disastrous:a ruinous war. - fallen into ruin;
dilapidated:a ruinous house. - consisting of ruins:a ruinous city from antiquity.
- Latin ruīnōsus, equivalent. to ruīn(a) ruin + -ōsus -ous
- Middle English ruynouse 1350–1400
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged calamitous, ravaging, devastating, catastrophic.
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