Definition of Ruined

1. Adjective. Destroyed physically or morally.

Exact synonyms: Destroyed
Similar to: Lost

2. Adjective. Doomed to extinction.
Exact synonyms: Done For, Sunk, Undone, Washed-up
Similar to: Unsuccessful

3. Adjective. Brought to ruin. "The unsuccessful run for office left him ruined politically and economically"
Exact synonyms: Finished
Similar to: Destroyed

Definition of Ruined

1. Verb. (past of ''ruin'') ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Ruined

1. ruin [v] - See also: ruin

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ruined

rugrat
rugrats
rugs
rugula
rugulah
rugulose
ruhmkorff's coil
ruin
ruinable
ruinate
ruinated
ruinates
ruinating
ruination
ruinations
ruined (current term)
ruiner
ruiners
ruing
ruings
ruiniform
ruining
ruinings
ruinous
ruinously
ruinousness
ruinousnesses
ruins
ruitenbergite
ruizite

Literary usage of Ruined

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Black Beauty: The Autobiography of a Horse by Anna Sewell (1904)
"Her story would be too long to tell, but the end of it was that she had been ruined by hard riding, and was now 3415 turned off to see what rest would do. ..."

2. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1895)
"Having ' ruined himself by his riots, he was now left to recover himself by his wits.' He went into Spain, and lived there four years till his wife's death ..."

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