Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word ruin. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in ruin.
Definitions and meaning of ruin
ruin
Etymology
From Middle Englishruyne, ruine, from Old Frenchruine, from Latinruīna(“overthrow, ruin”), from ruō(“I fall down, tumble, sink in ruin, rush”).
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈɹuː.ɪn/
Rhymes: -uːɪn
Noun
ruin (countable and uncountable, pluralruins)
(countable, sometimes in the plural) The remains of a destroyed or dilapidated construction, such as a house or castle.
1705 (revised 1718), Joseph Addison, Remarks on Several Parts of Italy
The Veian and the Gabian towirs shall fall, / And one promiscuous ruin cover all; / Nor, after length of years, a stone betray / The place where once the very ruins lay.
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The labour of a day will not build up a virtuous habit on the ruins of an old and vicious character.
(uncountable) The state of being a ruin, destroyed or decayed.
(uncountable) Something that leads to serious trouble or destruction.
1625, Francis Bacon, Of Youth and Age
The errors of young men are the ruin of business.
The Bat—they called him the Bat.[…]. He[…]played a lone hand,[…]. Most lone wolves had a moll at any rate—women were their ruin—but if the Bat had a moll, not even the grapevine telegraph could locate her.
(obsolete) A fall or tumble.
1611, George Chapman, The Iliad
His ruin startled th' other steeds.
A change that destroys or defeats something; destruction; overthrow.
ruin (third-person singular simple presentruins, present participleruining, simple past and past participleruined)
(transitive) To cause the fiscal ruin of.
With all these purchases, you surely mean to ruin us!
1883, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island
In one way, indeed, he bade fair to ruin us; for he kept on staying week after week, and at last month after month, so that all the money had been long exhausted...
To destroy or make something no longer usable.
He ruined his new white slacks by accidentally spilling oil on them.
1857, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, The Golden Mile-Stone
By the fireside there are old men seated, / Seeing ruined cities in the ashes.
To cause severe financial loss to; to bankrupt or drive out of business.
The crooked stockbroker's fraudulent scheme ruined dozens of victims; some investors lost their life savings and even their houses.
To upset or overturn the plans or progress of, or to have a disastrous effect on something.
My car breaking down just as I was on the road ruined my vacation.
To make something less enjoyable or likeable.
I used to love that song, but being assaulted when that song was playing ruined the song for me.
To reveal the ending of (a story); to spoil.
(obsolete) To fall into a state of decay.
1636, George Sandys, Paraphrase upon the Psalmes and upon the Hymnes dispersed throughout the Old and New Testaments
Though he his house of polisht marble build, / Yet shall it ruine like the Moth's fraile cell
(transitive, historical) To seduce or debauch, and thus harm the social standing of.
The young libertine was notorious for ruining local girls.
Synonyms
destroy
fordo
ruinate
wreck
Antonyms
build
construct
found
produce
Related terms
ruination
ruinable
ruiner
ruinous
ruint
Translations
Further reading
ruin in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
ruin in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911.