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Definitions for Ruiner

[1] 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.
[2] a destroyed or decayed building, town, etc.
[3] a fallen, wrecked, or decayed condition: The building fell to ruin.
[4] the downfall, decay, or destruction of anything.
[5] the complete loss of health, means, position, hope, or the like.
[6] something that causes a downfall or destruction; blight: Alcohol was his ruin.
[7] the downfall of a person; undoing: the ruin of Oedipus.
[8] a person as the wreck of his or her former self; ravaged individual.
[9] the act of causing destruction or a downfall.
[10] to reduce to ruin; devastate.
[11] to bring (a person, company, etc.) to financial ruin; bankrupt.
[12] to injure (a thing) irretrievably.
[13] to induce (a woman) to surrender her virginity; deflower.
[14] to fall into ruins; fall to pieces.
[15] to come to ruin.
[16] destroyed or decayed building or town
[17] the state or condition of being destroyed or decayed
[18] loss of wealth, position, etc, or something that causes such loss; downfall
[19] something that is severely damaged his life was a ruin
[20] a person who has suffered a downfall, bankruptcy, etc
[21] loss of value or usefulness
[22] archaic loss of her virginity by a woman outside marriage
[23] (tr) to bring to ruin; destroy
[24] (tr) to injure or spoil the town has been ruined with tower blocks
[25] (intr) archaic , or poetic to fall into ruins; collapse

Words related to Ruiner

ruinunbeliever, questioner, dissenter, heretic, radical, dissident, nonbeliever, critic, rebel, revolutionist, cynic, sceptic, non-conformist

Words nearby Ruiner

ruinrugula, rugulose, ruhmkorff coil, ruhr, ruhr valley, ruin, ruinate, ruination, ruinous, ruisdael, rukeyser

Origin of Ruiner

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

Other words from Ruiner

ru·in·a·ble , adjective
ru·in·er , noun
half-ru·ined , adjective
non·ru·in·a·ble , adjective
self-ru·in , noun
self-ru·ined , adjective
un·ru·in·a·ble , adjective

Word origin for Ruiner

C14: from Old French ruine , from Latin ruīna a falling down, from ruere to fall violently

Synonyms for Ruiner

critic, cynic, dissenter, dissident, heretic, nonbeliever, questioner, radical, rebel, revolutionist, sceptic, unbeliever, denouncer, image-breaker, non-conformist