Ruinous and Threatening

Ruinous

Ruinous adjective - Bringing about ruin or misfortune.

Threatening and ruinous are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Threatening" instead an adjective "Ruinous".

Nearby Words: ruin, ruined, ruination, ruining, ruinously

Threatening

Threatening adjective - Giving signs of immediate occurrence.

Ruinous and threatening are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Ruinous" instead an adjective "Threatening".

Nearby Words: threaten, threatened, threat
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