Adjective: ruined roo-ind- Destroyed physically or morally
- destroyed - Brought to ruin
"the unsuccessful run for office left him ruined politically and economically"; - finished, downfallen Verb: ruin roo-in or roo-un- Damage beyond use or repair
"You have ruined my car by pouring sugar in the tank!"; "The tears ruined her make-up"; - destroy, spifflicate, spiflicate - Destroy or cause to fail
"This behaviour will ruin your chances of winning the election" - Reduce to bankruptcy
"My daughter's fancy wedding is going to ruin me!"; - bankrupt, break, smash - Reduce to ruins
"The country lay ruined after the war" - Deprive of virginity
"This dirty old man ruined several young girls in the village"; - deflower - Fall into ruin
See also: destroyed, lost Type of: baffle, bilk, copulate, couple, cross, crumble, decay, desolate, devastate, dilapidate, foil, frustrate, impoverish, lay waste, lay waste to, mate, pair, queer, ravage, scotch, scourge, spoil, thwart, waste Encyclopedia: Ruined Ruin, Iran |