Ruinous
31Ruinousness — Ruinous Ru in*ous, a. [L. ruinosus: cf. F. ruineux. See {Ruin}.] 1. Causing, or tending to cause, ruin; destructive; baneful; pernicious; as, a ruinous project. [1913 Webster] After a night of storm so ruinous. Milton. [1913 Webster] 2.… …
32ruinously — ruinous ► ADJECTIVE 1) disastrous or destructive. 2) in ruins; dilapidated. DERIVATIVES ruinously adverb …
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35List of castles and palaces in Jelenia Góra valley — This is a list of castles, palaces and manors in Jelenia Góra valley and the surrounding area.* Chojnik castle ruin ( de. Kynast) near Sobieszów formerly Count of Schaffgotsch* Stara Kamienica castle ruin ( de. Kemnitzburg) original family seat… …
36ru´in|ous|ness — ru|in|ous «ROO uh nuhs», adjective. 1. bringing ruin; causing destruction: »ruinous expense, a ruinous war. The heavy frost in late spring was ruinous to the crops. Of all those expensive and uncertain projects…there is none perhaps more… …
37ru´in|ous|ly — ru|in|ous «ROO uh nuhs», adjective. 1. bringing ruin; causing destruction: »ruinous expense, a ruinous war. The heavy frost in late spring was ruinous to the crops. Of all those expensive and uncertain projects…there is none perhaps more… …
38ru|in|ous — «ROO uh nuhs», adjective. 1. bringing ruin; causing destruction: »ruinous expense, a ruinous war. The heavy frost in late spring was ruinous to the crops. Of all those expensive and uncertain projects…there is none perhaps more perfectly ruinous… …
39pernicious — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. malign, ruinous, poisonous, detrimental, injurious, harmful; wicked. See badness. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. harmful, deleterious, detrimental, noxious, baneful, damaging, prejudicial, ruinous,… …
40destructive — I (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Unfavorable] Syn. adverse, negative, not constructive; see unfavorable 2 . 2. [Destroying] Syn. ruinous, noxious, baneful, pestiferous, noisome, cancerous, fatal, deleterious, pestilential, catastrophic, calamitous,… …
