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Best answers for Ruinous – Crossword Clue


Answer: destructive


Clue Length Answer
Ruinous4 lettersworn
  1. Definition: 1. affected by wear; damaged by long use; "worn threads on the screw"; "a worn suit"; "the worn pockets on the jacket"

Ruinous5 letterstacky
  1. Definition: 1. tastelessly showy; "a flash car"; "a flashy ring"; "garish colors"; "a gaudy costume"; "loud sport shirts"; "a meretricious yet stylish book"; "tawdry ornaments"

Ruinous5 lettersslack
  1. Definition: 1. flowing with little speed as e.g. at the turning of the tide; "slack water"

Ruinous5 lettersstale
  1. Definition: 1. urinate, of cattle and horses

Ruinous5 lettersseedy
  1. Definition: 1. morally degraded; "a seedy district"; "the seamy side of life"; "sleazy characters hanging around casinos"; "sleazy storefronts with...dirt on the walls"- Seattle Weekly; "the sordid details of his orgies stank under his very nostrils"- James Joyce; "the squalid atmosphere of intrigue and betrayal"

Ruinous5 lettersrusty
  1. Definition: 1. of the brown color of rust

Ruinous5 lettersfatal
  1. Definition: 1. controlled or decreed by fate; predetermined; "a fatal series of events"

Ruinous6 lettersragged
  1. Definition: 1. having an irregular outline; "text set with ragged right margins"; "herded the class into a ragged line"

Ruinous6 lettersundone
  1. Definition: 1. not done; "the work could be done or undone and nobody cared"

Ruinous6 lettersshoddy
  1. Definition: 1. reclaimed wool fiber

Ruinous6 lettersslummy

    Ruinous6 letterssordid
    1. Definition: 1. foul and run-down and repulsive; "a flyblown bar on the edge of town"; "a squalid overcrowded apartment in the poorest part of town"; "squalid living conditions"; "sordid shantytowns"

    Ruinous6 letterssloppy
    1. Definition: 1. not fitting closely; hanging loosely; "baggy trousers"; "a loose-fitting blouse is comfortable in hot weather"

    Ruinous6 letterstragic
    1. Definition: 1. very sad; especially involving grief or death or destruction; "a tragic face"; "a tragic plight"; "a tragic accident"

    Ruinous6 letterswasted
    1. Definition: 1. very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold; "emaciated bony hands"; "a nightmare population of gaunt men and skeletal boys"; "eyes were haggard and cavernous"; "small pinched faces"; "kept life in his wasted frame only by grim concentration"

    Ruinous6 lettersuntidy
    1. Definition: 1. not neat and tidy; "careless and untidy in her personal habits"; "an untidy living room"; "untidy and casual about money"

    Ruinous6 lettersruined
    1. Definition: 1. brought to ruin; "after the revolution the aristocracy was finished"; "the unsuccessful run for office left him ruined politically and economically"

    Ruinous7 lettersspoiled
    1. Definition: 1. (of foodstuffs) not in an edible or usable condition; "bad meat"; "a refrigerator full of spoilt food"

    Ruinous7 letterssqualid
    1. Definition: 1. foul and run-down and repulsive; "a flyblown bar on the edge of town"; "a squalid overcrowded apartment in the poorest part of town"; "squalid living conditions"; "sordid shantytowns"

    Ruinous7 lettersravaged
    1. Definition: 1. having been robbed and destroyed by force and violence; "the raped countryside"

    Ruinous7 lettersnoxious
    1. Definition: 1. injurious to physical or mental health; "noxious chemical wastes"; "noxious ideas"

    Ruinous7 letterssolvent
    1. Definition: 1. a liquid substance capable of dissolving other substances; "the solvent does not change its state in forming a solution"

    Ruinous7 lettersraggedy
    1. Definition: 1. Scruffy; shabby; in poor condition.

    Ruinous7 letterstottery
    1. Definition: 1. unsteady in gait as from infirmity or old age; "a tottering skeleton of a horse"; "a tottery old man"

    Ruinous7 lettersviolent
    1. Definition: 1. marked by extreme intensity of emotions or convictions; inclined to react violently; fervid; "fierce loyalty"; "in a tearing rage"; "vehement dislike"; "violent passions"

    Ruinous7 letterswrecked
    1. Definition: 1. smash or break forcefully; "The kid busted up the car"

    Ruinous7 letterswasting
    1. Definition: 1. get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing; "The mafia liquidated the informer"; "the double agent was neutralized"

    Ruinous7 lettersunkempt
    1. Definition: 1. not properly maintained or cared for; "an unkempt garden"; "native vistas and unkempt rambling paths"; "an ukempt appearance"

    Ruinous8 lettersscraggly

      Ruinous8 letterssluttish

        Ruinous8 lettersrun-down
        1. Definition: 1. having the spring unwound; "a run-down watch"

        Ruinous8 lettersslipshod
        1. Definition: 1. marked by great carelessness; "a most haphazard system of record keeping"; "slapdash work"; "slipshod spelling"; "sloppy workmanship"

        Ruinous8 letterssuicidal

          Ruinous8 letterstimeworn
          1. Definition: 1. repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse;

          Ruinous8 letterswasteful
          1. Definition: 1. laying waste; "when wasteful war shall statues overturn"- Shakespeare

          Ruinous8 letterstattered
          1. Definition: 1. ruined or disrupted; "our shattered dreams of peace and prosperity"; "a tattered remnant of its former strength"; "my torn and tattered past"

          Ruinous8 lettersslovenly

            Ruinous9 lettersunsightly
            1. Definition: 1. unpleasant to look at; "unsightly billboards"

            Ruinous9 lettersresolvent

              Ruinous9 letterswithering
              1. Definition: 1. any weakening or degeneration (especially through lack of use)

              Ruinous10 lettersslatternly
              1. Definition: 1. characteristic of or befitting a slut or slattern; used especially of women

              Ruinous10 lettersdisastrous
              1. Definition: 1. (of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin; "the stock market crashed on Black Friday"; "a calamitous defeat"; "the battle was a disastrous end to a disastrous campaign"; "such doctrines, if true, would be absolutely fatal to my theory"- Charles Darwin; "it is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it"- Douglas MacArthur; "a fateful error"

              Ruinous10 lettersramshackle
              1. Definition: 1. in deplorable condition; "a street of bedraggled tenements"; "a broken-down fence"; "a ramshackle old pier"; "a tumble-down shack"

              Ruinous10 letterstumbledown
              1. Definition: 1. (adj.) dilapidated, falling into ruin

              Ruinous10 lettersseparative

                Ruinous10 letterssubversive
                1. Definition: 1. a radical supporter of political or social revolution

                Ruinous11 lettersunfortunate

                  Ruinous11 lettersdestructive
                  1. Definition: 1. causing destruction or much damage; "a policy that is destructive to the economy"; "destructive criticism"

                  Ruinous11 lettersdetrimental
                  1. Definition: 1. (sometimes followed by `to') causing harm or injury; "damaging to career and reputation"; "the reporter's coverage resulted in prejudicial publicity for the defendant"

                  Ruinous13 letterssubversionary

                    Ruinous16 lettersself-destructive


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