2. (adj)blasting, ruinous causing injury or blight; especially affecting with sudden violence or plague or ruin Synonyms: blaring, blasting, ruinous, catastrophic Antonyms: harmless, constructive
Synonyms, Thesaurus & Antonyms of 'ruinous'
English Synonyms and Antonyms
1. ruinous Pernicious (L. per, through, and neco, kill) signifies having the power of destroying or injuring, tending to hurt or kill. Pernicious is stronger than injurious; that which is injurious Synonyms: pernicious, bad, evil, mischievous, pestilential, baneful, foul, noisome, poisonous, deadly, harmful, noxious, ruinous, deleterious, hurtful, perverting, unhealthful, destructive, injurious, pestiferous, unwholesome, detrimental, insalubrious Antonyms: advantageous, favorable, helpful, profitable, serviceable, beneficent, good, invigorating, rejuvenating, useful, beneficial, healthful, life-giving, salutary, wholesome