ruin

adj.

1 low, contemptible (vil).

2 mean (avaro).

3 vile, base, perverse, wicked.

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ruin

► adjetivo

1 peyorativo (vil) mean, base, despicable, vile

2 (pequeño) petty, insignificant

3 (tacaño) stingy, mean

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ADJ

1) (=vil) [persona] contemptible, mean

2) [trato] (=injusto) mean, shabby; (=cruel) heartless, callous

3) (=tacaño) mean, stingy

4) (=pequeño) small, weak

5) [animal] vicious

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adjetivo

a) (mezquino, vil) despicable, contemptible; (avaro) miserly, mean (BrE)

b) <animal> bad-tempered

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= stingy [stingier -comp., stingies -sup.], tight-fisted, miser, skinflint, penny-pinching, tightwad, despicable, mean [meaner -comp., meanest -sup.], dastardly.

Ex. All subjects completed a four-page questionnaire in which they rated Americans on six bipolar adjective dimensions: friendly/unfriendly, polite/impolite, industrious/lazy, religious/anti-religious, generous/stingy, and patriotic/not patriotic.

Ex. The money for modernizing Indian towns will have to come out of the pockets of leading merchants, men stereotyped as tight-fisted scrooges.

Ex. If one were to think of an analogue outside the library situation, one would conjure up the image of a miser cackling with delight as he counts and recounts his beloved coins.

Ex. He is been described as a penny-pinching skinflint tightwad who would sooner die than part with a dollar.

Ex. He is been described as a penny-pinching skinflint tightwad who would sooner die than part with a dollar.

Ex. He is been described as a penny-pinching skinflint tightwad who would sooner die than part with a dollar.

Ex. Gestation, menstruation, & pregnancy were often considered shameful and despicable.

Ex. Whereas in most European countries during this period welfare provision continued to develop, in Australia it languished at a level which, with the exception of Japan, was the meanest of the developed countries.

Ex. A dastardly livery driver raped a 30-year-old woman passenger on Jan. 31, cops said.

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adjetivo

a) (mezquino, vil) despicable, contemptible; (avaro) miserly, mean (BrE)

b) <animal> bad-tempered

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= stingy [stingier -comp., stingies -sup.], tight-fisted, miser, skinflint, penny-pinching, tightwad, despicable, mean [meaner -comp., meanest -sup.], dastardly.

Ex: All subjects completed a four-page questionnaire in which they rated Americans on six bipolar adjective dimensions: friendly/unfriendly, polite/impolite, industrious/lazy, religious/anti-religious, generous/stingy, and patriotic/not patriotic.

Ex: The money for modernizing Indian towns will have to come out of the pockets of leading merchants, men stereotyped as tight-fisted scrooges.

Ex: If one were to think of an analogue outside the library situation, one would conjure up the image of a miser cackling with delight as he counts and recounts his beloved coins.

Ex: He is been described as a penny-pinching skinflint tightwad who would sooner die than part with a dollar.

Ex: He is been described as a penny-pinching skinflint tightwad who would sooner die than part with a dollar.

Ex: He is been described as a penny-pinching skinflint tightwad who would sooner die than part with a dollar.

Ex: Gestation, menstruation, & pregnancy were often considered shameful and despicable.

Ex: Whereas in most European countries during this period welfare provision continued to develop, in Australia it languished at a level which, with the exception of Japan, was the meanest of the developed countries.

Ex: A dastardly livery driver raped a 30-year-old woman passenger on Jan. 31, cops said.

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ruin

adjective

1 (mezquino, vil) ‹persona› despicable, contemptible; ‹acción› despicable, contemptible, base (liter)

sus ruines intenciones his despicable o base intentions

2 (avaro) miserly, mean (BrE)

3 ‹animal› bad-tempered, mean (colloq)

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ruin adjetivo (mezquino, vil) despicable, contemptible;
(avaro) miserly, mean (BrE)
ruin adjetivo
1 (despreciable, vil) mean, despicable, stingy
2 (avariento, tacaño ) stingy, miserly: era ruin con su familia y generoso consigo mismo, he was stingy to his family but generous to himself
'ruin' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
abismo
- abocada
- abocado
- arruinar
- baja
- bajo
- cagar
- cargarse
- castigar
- chafar
- dar
- desbaratar
- deshacer
- destrozar
- dinamitar
- ser
- estropear
- extemporánea
- extemporáneo
- fastidiar
- jorobar
- miserable
- pasar
- perder
- perderse
- polvo
- ruina
- salar
- significar
- tierra
- acabar
- chancho
- consumir
- destruir
- echar
- embromar
- fregar
- malograr
- perdición
- villano
English:
rack
- ruin
- ancient
- break
- destroy
- doom
- murder
- wreck

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ruin adj

1. [vil] contemptible

2. [avaro] mean

3. Cuba [en celo] Br on heat, US in heat

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ruin

adj

1 (despreciable) despicable, mean

2 (tacaño) mean, miserly

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ruin adj

1) : base, despicable

2) : mean, stingy