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Significations et usages de ruin
Définition
ruin (v. trans.)
1.break into pieces, as by striking or knocking over"Smash a plate"
2.deprive of virginity"This dirty old man deflowered several young girls in the village"
3.destroy completely; damage irreparably"You have ruined my car by pouring sugar in the tank!" "The tears ruined her make-up"
4.reduce to ruins"The country lay ruined after the war"
5.reduce to bankruptcy"My daughter's fancy wedding is going to break me!" "The slump in the financial markets smashed him"
6.destroy or cause to fail"This behavior will ruin your chances of winning the election"
7.(figurative)make a mess of, destroy or ruin"I botched the dinner and we had to eat out" "the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement"
ruin (n.)
1.destruction achieved by causing something to be wrecked or ruined
2.a ruined building"they explored several Roman ruins"
3.failure that results in a loss of position or reputation
4.an event that results in destruction
5.the process of becoming dilapidated
6.an irrecoverable state of devastation and destruction"you have brought ruin on this entire family"
7.an unpleasant or disastrous destiny"everyone was aware of the approaching doom but was helpless to avoid it" "that's unfortunate but it isn't the end of the world"
ruin (v. intr.)
1.fall into ruin
ruin (v.)
1.defeat thoroughly"He mopped up the floor with his opponents"
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Merriam Webster
RuinRu"in (?), n. [OE. ruine, F. ruine, fr. L. ruina, fr. ruere, rutum, to fall with violence, to rush or tumble down.]
1. The act of falling or tumbling down; fall. [Obs.] “His ruin startled the other steeds.” Chapman.
2. Such a change of anything as destroys it, or entirely defeats its object, or unfits it for use; destruction; overthrow; as, the ruin of a ship or an army; the ruin of a constitution or a government; the ruin of health or hopes. “Ruin seize thee, ruthless king!” Gray.
3. That which is fallen down and become worthless from injury or decay; as, his mind is a ruin; especially, in the plural, the remains of a destroyed, dilapidated, or desolate house, fortress, city, or the like.
The Veian and the Gabian towers shall fall,
And one promiscuous ruin cover all;
Nor, after length of years, a stone betray
The place where once the very ruins lay. Addison.
The labor of a day will not build up a virtuous habit on the ruins of an old and vicious character. Buckminster.
4. The state of being dcayed, or of having become ruined or worthless; as, to be in ruins; to go to ruin.
5. That which promotes injury, decay, or destruction.
The errors of young men are the ruin of business. Bacon.
Syn. -- Destruction; downfall; perdition; fall; overthrow; subversion; defeat; bane; pest; mischief.
RuinRu"in, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ruined (?);p. pr. & vb. n. Ruining.] [Cf. F. ruiner, LL. ruinare. See Ruin, n.] To bring to ruin; to cause to fall to pieces and decay; to make to perish; to bring to destruction; to bring to poverty or bankruptcy; to impair seriously; to damage essentially; to overthrow.
this mortal house I'll ruin. Shak.
By thee raised, I ruin all my foes. Milton.
The eyes of other people are the eyes that ruin us. Franklin.
By the fireside there are old men seated,
Seeling ruined cities in the ashes. Longfellow.
RuinRu"in, v. i. To fall to ruins; to go to ruin; to become decayed or dilapidated; to perish. [R.]
Though he his house of polished marble build,
Yet shall it ruin like the moth's frail cell. Sandys.
If we are idle, and disturb the industrious in their business, we shall ruin the faster. Locke.
Synonymes
ruin (n.)
bane, day of reckoning, destruction, dilapidation, doom, doomsday, downfall, end of the world, fall, falling-off, laying waste, loss, ruination, ruining, undoing, wrecking
ruin (v.)
annihilate, balls up, ball up, bedevil, blight, bollix up, bollocks, bollocks up, botch, botch up, break, break down, break into pieces, break to pieces, break up, bungle, damage, defeat, demolish, destroy, devastate, disfigure, foul up, impoverish, injure, lay waste, mar, mop up, muck up, muff, overthrow, pip, rack up, raze, shatter, spoil, whip, worst
ruin (v. intr.)
ruin (v. trans.)
abolish, banjax, bankrupt, break, break up, dash, defeat, deflower, destroy, devastate, fuck, lay waste, smash, wreck
ruin (v. trans.) (figurative)
blow, bobble, bodge, bumble, fiddle around, flub, fluff, foozle, fuck up, fumble, louse up, make a mess of, mess about, mess around, mess up, mishandle, muddle, muddle along, potter, screw up, work sloppily, balls up (figurative, informal, British), ball up (figurative), bedevil (figurative), be the undoing of (figurative), blight (figurative), bollix (colloquial), bollix up (colloquial), bollocks (colloquial), bollocks up (colloquial), botch (figurative), botch up (figurative), bungle (figurative), foul up (figurative, colloquial), mar (figurative), muck up (colloquial, figurative, British), muff (colloquial, figurative), putter (American), spoil (figurative), wreck (figurative)
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Voir aussi
ruin (v. trans.)
↘ apart, balls-up, ballup, break, breakage, breaking, broken, cockup, defloration, deflowering, devastation, kaput, mess-up, ravaging, scamping, unbreakable ↗ bane, dilapidation, downfall, fall, ruination, undoing
Locutions
⇨ A Song to Ruin • Age of Ruin • Among Majestic Ruin • Angel of Ruin • Arise and Ruin • Before the Ruin • Benjamin Van Keuren House Ruin • Bitters and Blue Ruin • Castle ruin Gösting • Changin' Tires on the Road to Ruin • Christmas Tree Ruin (LA 11097) • Cooper Bay ruin • Cooten Bay ruin • For Ruin (band) • Frances Canyon Ruin • Gambler's ruin • Garden Ruin • Great Thatch ruin • Harnessing Ruin • How to Ruin Everything • Julie Ruin • Larmer Bay ruin • Long Road to Ruin • Man's Ruin • Man's Ruin Records • Man's Ruin Records discography • Man's Ruin Revisited • Moray (Inca ruin) • My Ruin • Old Fort Ruin • One Party Can Ruin Your Whole Summer • Pitkin Glassworks Ruin • Pueblo Grande Ruin and Irrigation Sites • Rack'n'Ruin • Relationships Ruin Friendships • Rise to Ruin • River of Ruin • Road to Ruin • Road to Ruin (1991 film) • Road to Ruin (Ramones album) • Road to Ruin (The Mr. T Experience album) • Ruin (album) • Ruin (publishing house) • Ruin Arch • Ruin Explorers • Ruin Jonny's Bar Mitzvah • Ruin Tan Arash Hospital, Tehran • Ruin Tower • Ruin a Good Time • Ruin marble • Ruin of Doriath • Ruin the Memory • Ruin theory • Ruin value • Run to Ruin • Salmon Ruin • ShineGreymon Ruin Mode • Siuil A Ruin • Siúil A Rúin • Southfield Furnace Ruin • Suil a ruin • The Best Way to Ruin Your Life • The Crownhate Ruin • The Origins of Ruin • The Road to Ruin (1928 film) • The Road to Ruin (1934 film) • The Road to Ruin (John and Beverley Martyn album) • The Ruin • The Ruin (Ukrainian history) • Undoing Ruin • You'll Ruin It for Everyone • You're Gonna Ruin My Bad Reputation
Dictionnaire analogique
ruin (n.)
[figurative]
dépense excessive (fr)[Classe]
(dearly; expensively)[Caract.]
ruin (n.)
ruin (n.)
ruin[ClasseHyper.]
ruin (n.)
infamy; shame; disgrace; ignominy[Classe]
déchéance (fr)[Classe]
crime et délit (fr)[termes liés]
décliner (fr)[Nominalisation]
failure, fiasco, miscarriage, setback[Hyper.]
ruin[Dérivé]
ruin (n.)
ruin (n.)
crash; failure; bankruptcy[Classe]
impoverishment[Classe]
decay[Hyper.]
fall into disrepair, ruin - dilapidate[Dérivé]
ruin (n.)
destruction (fr)[Classe]
déchéance (fr)[Classe]
ruin (n.)
destiny, fate[Hyper.]
doom[Dérivé]
ruin (v.)
ruin (v. intr.)
devenir en mauvais état (fr)[Classe]
crumble, decay, dilapidate[Hyper.]
ruin - bane, dilapidation, ruin, undoing[Dérivé]
ruin (v. tr.)
[figurative]
fail, go wrong, miscarry - be bad for, cause damage, cause damage to, damage, deteriorate, do damage, do harm, harm, impair, injure, prejudice, put at a disadvantage[Hyper.]
bloomer, blooper, blunder, boner, boob, boo-boo, botch, botched job, botch-up, bungle, bungled work, eyewash, flub, foul-up, fuckup, gaffe, howler, pratfall, shoddy work, sloppy work - balls-up, ballup, cockup, mess-up - fluff - screwup - spoil, spoilage, spoiling - blunderer, botcher, bumbler, bungler, butcher, fuckup, fumbler, sad sack, stumbler[Dérivé]
ruin (v. tr.)
break[Hyper.]
shattering, smashing - bang, bash, belt, knock, smash - smasher[Dérivé]
fragment, shatter, smash, splinter[Domaine]
ruin (v. tr.)
[figurative]
empêcher (de faire, de se produire) (fr)[Classe]
(meeting)[termes liés]
downfall, fall[Dérivé]
ruin (v. tr.)
copulate, couple, mate, pair[Hyper.]
defloration, deflowering - defloration[Dérivé]
ruin (v. tr.)
ruin (v. tr.)
détruire totalement (fr)[Classe]
détruire, mettre à bas une construction (fr)[Classe]
rendre nul (fr)[Classe]
(fire-raiser; arsonist; incendiary; firebug), (fire)[termes liés]
orage (fr)[DomaineCollocation]
ruin (v. tr.)
impoverish[Hyper.]
bane, dilapidation, ruin, undoing - bankruptcy, crash, failure[Dérivé]
ruin (v. tr.)
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