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ruinous

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of ruinous

1 bringing about ruin or misfortune

a ruinous miscalculation of the financial markets left them bankrupt

Synonyms of ruinous

calamitous, cataclysmal (or cataclysmic), catastrophic, damning, destructive, disastrous, fatal, fateful, unfortunate

Words Related to ruinous

apocalyptic (also apocalyptical)

hapless, ill-fated, ill-starred, luckless

adverse, baleful, baneful, damaging, deleterious, detrimental, evil, harmful, hurtful, ill, injurious, noxious, pernicious, prejudicial

Near Antonyms of ruinous

fluky (also flukey), fortuitous, fortunate, happy, lucky, providential

auspicious, bright, encouraging, fair, golden, heartening, hopeful, optimistic, promising, propitious, rose-colored, rosy, upbeat

2 causing or tending to cause destruction

a ruinous windstorm destroyed the crops

Synonyms of ruinous

annihilatory, calamitous, cataclysmal (or cataclysmic), destructive, devastating, devastative, disastrous

Words Related to ruinous

antibiotic, biocidal

baleful, deadly, deathly, fatal, fell, killer, lethal, mortal, murderous, pestilent, poisonous, virulent, vital

deleterious, detrimental, harmful, pernicious

Near Antonyms of ruinous

preservative, protective

constructive, creative, formative, productive

harmless, innocent, innocuous, inoffensive

ameliorative, helpful, useful

healthful, healthy, nonfatal, nonlethal, salubrious, wholesome

Antonyms of ruinous

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