All 3 Uses of
ruinous
in
Bleak House
- Jo lives—that is to say, Jo has not yet died—in a ruinous place known to the like of him by the name of Tom-all-Alone's.†
Chpt 16-18 *
- Ma's ruinous to everything."†
Chpt 28-30
- Paler than she had been at home, and a little quieter than I had thought natural when she was yet so cheerful and hopeful, her face was so unshadowed that I half believed she was blinded by her love for Richard to his ruinous career.†
Chpt 58-60
Definition:
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(ruinous) catastrophic or extremely harmful; or badly damaged or decayed (like ancient ruins)