TubeTalkTubeTalk Pronunciation
How to pronounce “ruin”
Hear “ruin” in real YouTube speech, then study definitions and example sentence snippets.
Pronunciation guide for ruin
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of ruin with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- The Riddle of the Labyrinth
personal and professional ruin, and, some observers
- Definition summary
- (countable, sometimes in the plural) The remains of a destroyed or dilapidated construction, such as a house or castle.
Example 1 of 8
How to pronounce ruin
The Riddle of the Labyrinth
personal and professional ruin, and, some observers
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “ruin”
Meaning
- [Noun]
- (countable, sometimes in the plural) The remains of a destroyed or dilapidated construction, such as a house or castle.
- (uncountable) The state of being a ruin, destroyed or decayed.
- (uncountable) Something that leads to serious trouble or destruction.
- The act of ruining something.
- (obsolete) A fall or tumble.
- A change that destroys or defeats something; destruction; overthrow.
- (uncountable) Complete financial loss; bankruptcy.
- [Verb]
- (transitive) To cause the fiscal ruin of; to bankrupt or drive out of business.
- To destroy or render something no longer usable or operable.
- To upset or overturn the plans or progress of, or to have a disastrous effect on something.
- To make something less enjoyable or likeable.
- To reveal the ending of (a story); to spoil.
- (obsolete) To fall into a state of decay.
- (transitive, historical) To seduce or debauch, and thus harm the social standing of.
- [Adjective]
- weedy
Practice Nearby Words
ruination, destroy, wrecking, devastation, dilapidation, desolation, break, bankrupt, laying waste, wreck, wreckage, devastate, disrepair, havoc, ravages, destruct, downfall, destruction, damage, decay, loss, lose, demolish, hurt, bane, waste, collapse, breaking, annihilate, annihilation, trash, tatters, disrupt, rot, tear, catastrophe, disaster, undermine, disturb, botch, interrupt, sabotage, undoing, crush, spoil, scare, fail, nullify, doom, exit, jeopardize, miss, blow, undo, crash, throw, failure, debris, clobber, negate, rubble, stain, wrack, sink, striker, antique, graveyard, dogs, demise, screw, bankruptcy, decimate, derail, vandalize, demolishes, destroys, devastates, deterioration, obliteration, perdition, disintegration, demolition, spoilage, dissolution, rubbish, débris, scree, crud, rags and tatters, detritus, brick, crumbling, thurst, grout, crag, rattrap, attle, recrement, ragwork, grain
Similar Sounds
ruin, ruine, ruhen, rouyn, ryan, rowan, rian, rohan, rayon, rion, rhian, rowen, ryon, rayyan, ruan, reon, rouen, ryen, raeann, ruane, ryun, rijn, rayen, royan, rauen, ruing, rueing, irwin, urwin, run, ruined, ruins, rune, ruben, urchin, reuben, roon, wron, ermine, roun, rumen, rueben, rua, ryann, rman, erman, urson, riam, arua, reum, ruden, ruman, urton, rutan, riom, ruim, aruban, reune, urman, ergon, eireann, rulon, wran, rwn, irgun, rufen, rhun, rawin, ruven, rcon, rlan, ewan, erwin, euan, ewen, rwin, wuhan, ren, rin, rowing, bruin, reem, rubin, arin, rhin, renne, renn, rinn, ermin, rinne, rhen, rihn, raying, rudin, arraying, rehn, fruin, frewin, rlin, drew in