1
[ adjective ] destroyed physically or morally

Synonyms

destroyed

Used in print

(Bruce Palmer, "My Brother's Keeper", Many Are...)

The man swayed on a thwart , turning his ruined eyes from side to side .

Related terms

lost

2
[ adjective ] brought to ruin

Synonyms

finished

Examples

"after the revolution the aristocracy was finished" "the unsuccessful run for office left him ruined politically and economically"

Related terms

destroyed

3
[ adjective ] doomed to extinction

Synonyms

sunk undone washed-up done_for

Related terms

unsuccessful

4
[ adjective ] made uninhabitable

Synonyms

desolate desolated devastated ravaged wasted blasted

Examples

"upon this blasted heath"- Shakespeare "a wasted landscape"

Related terms

destroyed

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Rhymes with

uhland and errand rationed reasoned ripened loosened ireland orphaned garand frightened reverend darkened garland threatened opened hardened shortened rutland sharpened streisand imprisoned woodland cushioned disheartened unsharpened portland marquand cortland disillusioned partitioned maryland moribund dowland poland apportioned eland almond strengthened thousand island rescind rotund upland refund aforementioned fashioned legend chagrined richmond oakland greenland woodwind jutland husband unsanctioned strickland lengthened sanctioned wind unopened emboldened weakened zealand diamond burdened voland worsened deepened wizened softened ligand seasoned lessened buttoned wayland leavened wieland second townsend toughened fattened fastened tightened reconditioned thickened conditioned chastened unimagined lund lind pinned sectioned impassioned imagined holland highland hoagland commissioned fund envisioned thinned disciplined undisciplined reverend sweetened auckland stipend stiffened lengthened osmund ireland iceland sanctioned flattened blackened unquestioned swaziland destined copland overland awakened newfoundland millisecond nanosecond mainland maitland lakeland sequined finland determined cumberland predetermined sutherland overburdened switzerland stunned unenlightened skinned shetland unbuttoned undetermined unburdened england enlightened enlivened cleveland marineland scotland predestined abandoned whirlwind weekend downwind whirlwind headwind superfund

Phonetic and Homophones

R UW1 IH0 N D
R UW1 AH0 N D

Similar Spelling

Ruanda runt runty

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