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- [roo-in]
- /ˈru ɪn/
- /ˈruːɪnd/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [roo-in]
- /ˈru ɪn/
Definitions of ruined word
- noun ruined ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay: We visited the ruins of ancient Greece. 1
- noun ruined a destroyed or decayed building, town, etc. 1
- noun ruined a fallen, wrecked, or decayed condition: The building fell to ruin. 1
- noun ruined the downfall, decay, or destruction of anything. 1
- noun ruined the complete loss of health, means, position, hope, or the like. 1
- noun ruined something that causes a downfall or destruction; blight: Alcohol was his ruin. 1
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Origin of ruined
First appearance:
before 1325 One of the 16% oldest English words
1325-75; (noun) Middle English ruine < Middle French < Latin ruīna headlong rush, fall, collapse, equivalent to ru(ere) to fall + -īna -ine2; (v.) (< Middle French ruiner) < Medieval Latin ruīnāre, derivative of Latin ruīna
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Parts of speech for Ruined
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
ruined popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 99% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
ruined usage trend in Literature
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adj ruined
adjective ruined
- abolished — Formally put an end to (a system, practice, or institution).
- annihilated — to reduce to utter ruin or nonexistence; destroy utterly: The heavy bombing almost annihilated the city.
- collapsed — Simple past tense and past participle of collapse.
- contaminated — made impure by the addition of a harmful or undesirable substance
- corrupted — guilty of dishonest practices, as bribery; lacking integrity; crooked: a corrupt judge.
noun ruined
verb ruined
- bankrupted — Law. a person who upon his or her own petition or that of his or her creditors is adjudged insolvent by a court and whose property is administered for and divided among his or her creditors under a bankruptcy law.
- countered — in the wrong way; contrary to the right course; in the reverse or opposite direction.
- decimated — to destroy a great number or proportion of: The population was decimated by a plague.
- destructed — serving or designed to destroy: a destruct mechanism on a missile.
- disconfirmed — Simple past tense and past participle of disconfirm.
Antonyms for ruined
verb ruined
- caused — a person or thing that acts, happens, or exists in such a way that some specific thing happens as a result; the producer of an effect: You have been the cause of much anxiety. What was the cause of the accident?
- chalked — Simple past tense and past participle of chalk.
- cleaned — free from dirt; unsoiled; unstained: She bathed and put on a clean dress.
- coined — a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- comped — a ticket, book, service, etc., provided free of charge to specially chosen recipients.
noun ruined
- worked — of, for, or concerning work: work clothes.
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