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ruinlike

ruinlike adjective: resembling or characteristic of a ruin.

Adjective

ruinlike (comparative more ruinlike, superlative most ruinlike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a ruin.

Forms of ruinlike

comparativemore ruinlike
superlativemost ruinlike

Origin of ruinlike

From ruin + -like.

Questions about ruinlike

What does ruinlike mean?
Ruinlike means resembling or characteristic of a ruin.
What part of speech is ruinlike?
Ruinlike is an adjective.

Words near ruinlike in the dictionary

  1. ruinin'
  2. ruining
  3. ruinings
  4. ruinism
  5. ruinless
  6. ruinlike
  7. ruinous
  8. ruinously
  9. ruinousness
  10. ruins
  11. ruins of the year

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