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1 ruinous
Extremely harmful; bringing physical or financial ruin:
— A ruinous course of action.
synoniem: catastrophic.
Roget 162:
destroyed
etc.
v.;
perishing
etc.
v.;
trembling to its fall,
nodding to its fall,
tottering to its fall;
in course of destruction
etc.
n.;
extinct.
all-destroying,
all-devouring,
all-engulfing.
destructive,
subversive,
ruinous,
devastating;
incendiary,
deletory†;
destroying
etc.
n..
suicidal;
deadly
etc.
(killing)
361.
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Roget 735:
unfortunate,
unblest†,
unhappy,
unlucky;
improsperous†,
unprosperous;
hoodooed [U.S.];
luckless,
hapless;
out of luck;
in trouble,
in a bad way,
in an evil plight;
under a cloud;
clouded;
ill off,
badly off;
in adverse circumstances;
poor
etc.
804;
behindhand,
down in the world,
decayed,
undone;
on the road to ruin,
on its last legs,
on the wane;
in one's utmost need.
planet-struck,
devoted;
born under an evil star,
born with a wooden ladle in one's mouth;
ill-fated,
ill-starred,
ill-omened.
adverse,
untoward;
disastrous,
calamitous,
ruinous,
dire,
deplorable.
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Roget 830:
causing pain,
hurting
etc.
v.;
hurtful
etc.
(bad)
649;
painful;
dolorific†,
dolorous;
unpleasant;
unpleasing,
displeasing;
disagreeable,
unpalatable,
bitter,
distasteful;
uninviting;
unwelcome;
undesirable,
undesired;
obnoxious;
unacceptable,
unpopular,
thankless.
unsatisfactory,
untoward,
unlucky,
uncomfortable.
distressing;
afflicting,
afflictive;
joyless,
cheerless,
comfortless;
dismal,
disheartening;
depressing,
depressive;
dreary,
melancholy,
grievous,
piteous;
woeful,
rueful,
mournful,
deplorable,
pitiable,
lamentable;
sad,
affecting,
touching,
pathetic.
irritating,
provoking,
stinging,
annoying,
aggravating,
mortifying,
galling;
unaccommodating,
invidious,
vexatious;
troublesome,
tiresome,
irksome,
wearisome;
plaguing,
plaguy†;
awkward.
importunate;
teasing,
pestering,
bothering,
harassing,
worrying,
tormenting,
carking.
intolerable,
insufferable,
insupportable;
unbearable,
unendurable;
past bearing;
not to be borne,
not to be endured;
more than flesh and blood can bear;
enough to drive one mad,
enough to provoke a saint,
enough to make a parson swear,
enough to gag a maggot.
shocking,
terrific,
grim,
appalling,
crushing;
dreadful,
fearful,
frightful;
thrilling,
tremendous,
dire;
heart-breaking,
heart-rending,
heart-wounding,
heart-corroding,
heart-sickening;
harrowing,
rending.
odious,
hateful,
execrable,
repulsive,
repellent,
abhorrent;
horrid,
horrible,
horrific,
horrifying;
offensive.
nauseous,
nauseating;
disgusting,
sickening,
revolting;
nasty;
loathsome,
loathful†;
fulsome;
vile
etc.
(bad)
649;
hideous
etc.
846.
sharp,
acute,
sore,
severe,
grave,
hard,
harsh,
cruel,
biting,
caustic;
cutting,
corroding,
consuming,
racking,
excruciating,
searching,
grinding,
grating,
agonizing;
envenomed;
catheretic†,
pyrotic [Med.].
ruinous,
disastrous,
calamitous,
tragical;
desolating,
withering;
burdensome,
onerous,
oppressive;
cumbrous,
cumbersome.
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Pools: katastrofalny, katastroficzny
2 ruinous
Causing injury or blight; especially affecting with sudden violence or plague or ruin:
— A ruinous war.
synoniem: blasting.
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