Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to ruin
Participle: ruined
Gerund: ruining
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | ruin |
| you | ruin |
| he;she;it | ruins |
| we | ruin |
| you | ruin |
| they | ruin |
Perfect
| I | have ruined |
| you | have ruined |
| he;she;it | has ruined |
| we | have ruined |
| you | have ruined |
| they | have ruined |
Past
| I | ruined |
| you | ruined |
| he;she;it | ruined |
| we | ruined |
| you | ruined |
| they | ruined |
Pluperfect
| I | had ruined |
| you | had ruined |
| he;she;it | had ruined |
| we | had ruined |
| you | had ruined |
| they | had ruined |
Future
| I | will ruin |
| you | will ruin |
| he;she;it | will ruin |
| we | will ruin |
| you | will ruin |
| they | will ruin |
Future Perfect
| I | will have ruined |
| you | will have ruined |
| he;she;it | will have ruined |
| we | will have ruined |
| you | will have ruined |
| they | will have ruined |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | ruin |
| you | ruin |
| he;she;it | ruin |
| we | ruin |
| you | ruin |
| they | ruin |
Perfect
| I | have ruined |
| you | have ruined |
| he;she;it | have ruined |
| we | have ruined |
| you | have ruined |
| they | have ruined |
Imperfect
| I | ruined |
| you | ruined |
| he;she;it | ruined |
| we | ruined |
| you | ruined |
| they | ruined |
Pluperfect
| I | had ruined |
| you | had ruined |
| he;she;it | had ruined |
| we | had ruined |
| you | had ruined |
| they | had ruined |
Conditional
Present
| I | would ruin |
| you | would ruin |
| he;she;it | would ruin |
| we | would ruin |
| you | would ruin |
| they | would ruin |
Perfect
| I | would have ruined |
| you | would have ruined |
| he;she;it | would have ruined |
| we | would have ruined |
| you | would have ruined |
| they | would have ruined |
Imperative
| you | ruin |
| we | Let's ruin |
| you | ruin |
Verbs conjugated like 'ruin'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'ruin'
rain,
rein,
roin,
run,
bein,
bin,
blin,
brain,
bruit,
bun,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to cause the ruin of
- destroy
- to put to death; to extinguish life.
- annihilate, bag, bereave of life, blight, bring down, bury, cack, croak, crush, dash, deactivate, dead, demolish, destroy, dispatch, dispose of, do, do in, dust, eliminate, end, eradicate, exterminate, finish, finish off, flatten, lay waste to, make a way with, mortify, neutralize, obliterate, off, pay off, pick off, polish off, punch someone's ticket, put an end to, put down, put out of one's misery, put six feet under, put to sleep, ravage, rub out, scotch, scupper, scuttle, send to eternity, send to hell, send to the grave, send to the great beyond, send to the next life, smash, smite, snuff, squash, stiff, take, take care of, take down, take out, terminate, terminate with extreme prejudice, kill, torpedo, waste, wipe out, wreck
- to upset or make a mess of something; to put into disarray; to adversely alter
- bugger up, dirty, disrupt, disturb, fuck up, jack up, mar, mess up, pollute, put a crimp in, queer, screw up, sour, spoil, stain, turn upside down, upset, upset the applecart
- destroy
- ravage, damage, wreck, demolish, sabotage, vandalize, spoil
- bankrupt
- impoverish, drain, exhaust, fleece, pauperize
Antonyms
- to construct
- demolish, destroy, knock down, take apart, tear down, build, wreck
- destroy
- construct, build, create, originate
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. c.1375, "act of giving way and falling down," from O.Fr. ruine, from L. ruina "a collapse" (cf. Sp. ruina, It. rovina), related to ruere "to rush, fall violently, collapse," of unknown origin. Meaning "complete destruction of anything" is from 1673. The verb is first recorded 1581, from the noun; financial sense is attested from 1660. Ruins "remains of a decayed building or town" is from 1454.
2. From Middle English ruyne, ruine, from Old French ruine, from Latin ruīna (“overthrow, ruin”), from ruō (“to fall down, tumble, sink in ruin, rush”).
Sample Sentences
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[...] to sell, and she screechin ’ like mad all the time; — very bad policy—damages the article—makes ’ em quite unfit for service sometimes. I knew a real handsome gal once, in Orleans, as was entirely ruined by this sort o ’ handling. The fellow that was trading for her didn't want her baby; and she was one of your real high sort, when her blood was up. I tell you, she squeezed up her child in her arms, [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] succeeded very easily in persuading her that the “ path of duty ” lay in the direction of New Orleans, and that she must go with him to take care of Eva, and keep everything from going to wreck and ruin during the frequent illnesses of his wife. The idea of a house without anybody to take care of it went to her heart; then she loved the lovely little girl, as few could help doing; and though she [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] of our children, and they form their minds faster than we can; for they are a race that children always will cling to and assimilate with. If Eva, now, was not more angel than ordinary, she would be ruined. We might as well allow the small-pox to run among them, and think our children would not take it, as to let them be uninstructed and vicious, and think our children will not be affected by that. [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] Topsy was sure to meet with some inconvenient accident shortly after; — either a pair of ear-rings or some cherished trinket would be missing, or an article of dress would be suddenly found utterly ruined, or the person would stumble accidently into a pail of hot water, or a libation of dirty slop would unaccountably deluge them from above when in full gala dress; -and on all these occasions, when [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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“ O ! stop these hobgoblin ’ nurse legends. You old hands got so wise, that a child cannot cough, or sneeze, but you see desperation and ruin at hand. Only take care of the child, keep her from the night air, and don't let her play too hard, and she'll do well enough. ”
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] in my one heart to sink the city. I 've wished the houses would fall on me, or the stones sink under me. Yes ! and, in the judgment day, I will stand up before God, a witness against those that have ruined me and my children, body and soul !
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] trust, which had upborne him hitherto, should give way to tossings of soul and despondent darkness ? The gloomiest problem of this mysterious life was constantly before his eyes,—souls crushed and ruined, evil triumphant, and God silent. It was weeks and months that Tom wrestled, in his own soul, in darkness and sorrow. He thought of Miss Ophelia's letter to his Kentucky friends, and would pray [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)