ruinous
2 synonyms and 4 antonyms for ruinous, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Adj — Causing great harm or destruction.
Synonyms by Meaning
2. adj
So expensive that it could leave you financially ruined.
“We are rapidly reversing the economic calamity we inherited from the previous administration, including ruinous price increases and record-setting inflation, inflation like we've never had before.”
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Etymology
It comes from Middle English ruynous, from Old French ruinos, ruineus, from Latin ruīnōsus. By surface analysis it breaks down as ruin + -ous.
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