Reverse Dictionary: RUIN

ADJECTIVES
► AGROUND ruined, at a loss → L18 sl.
► ALL DICKEY ► ALL DICKEY WITH ► ALL DICKY ► ALL DICKY WITH all over, ruined, finished → L18 sl.
► ALL TO HELL utterly ruined → 1890 US sl.
► ALL TO SMASH ruined → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► ALL UP WITH of an object or plan: ruined, pointless, destroyed, finished → L18 sl.
► AWRACK wrecked; ruined → 1627
► BALLOCKSED ► BALLOCKSED UP ruined, messed up, thwarted, in a muddle → 1930s sl.
► BALLSED-UP in chaos, in a mess, ruined → 1940s sl.
► BANED ruined, destroyed; injured, hurt → 1568 obs.
► BANJAXED demolished; destroyed; ruined, as a car → 20C teen & high school sl.
► BLOWN OUT ruined, failed → 2007 US sl. (Bk.)
► BOLLIXED ruined, messed up, thwarted, in a muddle → 1930s sl.
► BUNG ruined, useless → 1930 Aust. & NZ sl.
► CACTUS ruined, useless, wrecked → 1945 Aust. sl.
► CAPUT finished, over, ruined → 1910s sl.
► CHEWED TO LOON SHIT ground up, hence, ruined → c1930 Can. sl.
► CLEANED OUT having lost all your money, ruined → 1890 sl. (Bk.)
► COOKED ruined; hopelessly beaten → 1850 Amer. sl.
► CRACKED ruined; bankrupt → E16
► CREMATED badly beaten by an opponent; ruined by a bad business deal or stock-market collapse → Brit. sl.
► DEAD ruined; destroyed; → 1400
► DEAD BROKE ruined, bankrupt, penniless; destitute → 1842 Amer. colloq.
► DOWNCAST that has been cast down; thrown to the ground; overthrown, ruined → 1592
► DOWN THE GURGLER ruined; irretrievably lost or destroyed; wasted; used of something that has not worked out → 1981 Aust. sl.
► EXITIABLE destructive, ruinous, hurtful → 1607 obs.
► EXITIOUS destructive to life, deadly, fatal, ruinous, hurtful, dangerous → 1563 obs.
► FLUMMOXED ruined → M19 sl.
► FRAGGED destroyed; ruined → 2006 US sl. (Bk.)
► FUBAR ‘fucked-up beyond all recognition’; bungled, ruined, messed up → 1944 US, orig. military sl.
► FUCKED ruined, broken; of poor quality → 1949 sl.
► FUCKED-UP ruined, broken; of poor quality, awful → 1863 sl.
► GONE TO GUNDY unsatisfactory; broken; beyond repair; ruined; worthless → Aust. sl.
► GONE TO HELL utterly ruined → 1890 sl.
► GUNDY unsatisfactory; broken; beyond repair; ruined; worthless → Aust. sl.
► JACKED UP ​penniless; ruined → 1860 obs.
► KABLOOEY destroyed, ruined → L20 N. Amer. colloq.
► KAPUT out of order, utterly ruined or exhausted; broken → 1910s sl.
► LORN lost, perished, ruined; doomed to destruction → a1400 obs.
► MUNG spoiled, bad, ruined → 1970 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
► MUNGED that has been spoiled, corrupted, or ruined → 1987 sl., orig. US
► MUNTED ruined, spoiled; damaged → 1996 NZ sl.
► NAUGHT lost, ruined → 1607 obs.
► NO GOOD TO GUNDY unsatisfactory; broken; beyond repair; ruined; worthless → Aust. sl.
► NOT A FEATHER TO FLY WITH ruined, penniless → 1860 sl.
► ON ONE’S ASS in financial or other ruin; helpless → c1917 Amer. sl.
► PERNICIOUS having the quality of destroying; tending to destroy, kill, or injure; destructive, ruinous; fatal → 1521
► RAGGED-ARSE ► RAGGED-ARSED ► RAGGEDY-ARSE ► RAGGEDY-ARSED disreputable, ruined → c1880 sl.
► RAGGY-ARSE ► RAGGY-ARSED disreputable, ruined → c1880 sl.
► RANK ruined, spoiled; gone awry → 20C Amer. sl.
► RATCHED ragged, in a ruinous state → 1904 Sc. (Bk.)
► RIMRACKED ruined, worn out, rickety → 1862 Amer. dial.
► RUINATIOUS ruinous → 1945 US Western sl. (Bk.)
► SHEG-UP in a state of disorder or disarray; ruined, messed up → 1941
► SHENT disgraced, lost, ruined; stupefied → c1440
► SHOT TO HELL ruined; decimated → 1913 sl.
► SHOT TO PIECES demoralized; ruined → 1913 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► SHOT TO SHIT completely ruined or destroyed → 1968 sl., orig. US
► STUFFED ruined → 1999 Aust. sl. (Bk.)
► TOAST ruined; actually or occupationally destroyed → 1980s US sl.
► UNTWISTED ruined, ‘undone’ → L17 sl.
► UP THE FLUME ruined, become worthless → 1882 Amer.
► UP THE SPOUT ruined → 1999 Aust. sl. (Bk.)

ADVERBS
► HYTER-SKYTER in a state of utter ruin → 19C Sc.
► TO A FRAZZLE completely; totally; to a ruined condition → 1865 US
► TO THE BAD to a bad condition, to ruin → 1816

NOUNS
► ATEPHOBIA an abnormal fear of ruin → 1991 (Bk.)
► BAGWESH wreck, ruin, bankruptcy → 1881 Eng. dial.
► BALLYHACK ruin, destruction → 1843 Amer. sl.
► BALLYWACK ► BALLYWRACK ruin, destruction → 1934 Amer. sl.
► BANE ruin → 1580 Eng. dial.
► BEGGAR’S BUSH beggary, ruin → 1591 obs.
► BLOODY MURDER a decisive defeat; complete ruin or failure; an exhausting task → 1975 US sl. (Bk.)
► BLUE RUIN a catastrophe; complete ruin, failure, or disgrace → 1975 US sl. (Bk.)
► BUZZARD a badly-spoiled piece of work → 1871 US
► CASTLE-COME-DOWN ruin, total destruction → 1563-87 obs.
► CATALYSIS dissolution, destruction, ruin → 1655 obs.
► CUSS a curse or affliction, esp. one sent by God; a cause of ruin; a scourge, a blight → 1771 colloq.
► DECAS decay, ruin → 1393 obs.
► DECAY downfall, destruction, ruin → 1535 obs.
► DOG-DIRT ruin, bankruptcy → 1870 Sc.
► DOWNCAST a casting down a person or thing; overthrow, ruin; dejection → a1400
► HAGWESH ruin, bankruptcy → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► HERRIAL that which causes loss or ruin; also, a great expense → 1871 Sc.
► LAPSE a falling into ruin → 1605
► NAIL IN ONE’S COFFIN anything that may lead incrementally to ruin → 1820 colloq.
► NECK-BREAK ruin, destruction → a1665 Sc. obs.
► PERDITION a being destroyed or ruined; utter destruction, complete ruin → 1382
► PERNICION total destruction; perdition; ruin → 1530 obs.
► RACKLEDOM ruin, wreck → 19C Eng. dial.
► RURE fall; downfall; ruin → a1000 obs.
► RUTH mischief; calamity; ruin → c1275 obs.
► SCOW a state of ruin or destruction → 1825 Sc. 
► SHEND disgrace, ruin → c1400 obs.
► SHENDNESS disgrace, ruin → c1000 obs.
► WANTHRIFT ruin, destruction → 1929 Sc.
► WRACK 1. a disastrous change in a state or condition of affairs; wreck, ruin, subversion → c1400 obs.
2. the ruin, downfall, or overthrow of a person; adversity, misfortune → 1426 obs.

NOUNS – PERSON
► BANER he who kills, poisons, destroys, or ruins → 1605
► MUCK-SNIPE a ruined person, esp. a gambler → c1850 Brit. sl.
► PERDIDO a desperado, a desperate man, a ruined man → a1734 obs.
► SINKER one who brings others to ruin → 1632

PHRASES
► AT THE LAST CAST in extremities, near to death or ruin → c1449 obs.
► GO TO PIGS AND WHISTLES to be ruined → 1780 Sc. colloq.
► IT IS ALL DICKY used to indicate defeat, ruin, or death → 1788 sl. obs.
► THAT DOES IT that ruins things; that’s the last straw → 1968 US sl.
► THAT’S TORN IT everything is ruined → 1984 Aust. colloq. (Bk.)
► THAT TEARS IT that ruins things; that’s the last straw → 1909 US sl.
► THE PIGS HAVE RUN THROUGH SOMETHING something has been completely ruined or thrown into disarray → 1808 colloq. obs.

VERBS
​​► ARSE UP to make a mess of things, to ruin → 1999 Aust. sl. (Bk.)
► BALLOCKS UP ► BOLLIX UP ► BOLLOCKS UP ► BOLLOX UP to ruin, to make a mess of → 1930s sl.
► BALL UP ► BALLS UP to ruin, to make a mess of, to clog  up, to botch → 1910s sl.
► BANJAX to ruin or destroy, often as a result of incompetence → US colloq.
► BESHEND to ruin → a1300 obs.
► BITCH SOMETHING UP ► BITCH UP SOMETHING to ruin or spoil something → 1928 US sl.
► BLIGHT to destroy, to ruin, to frustrate → 1981 Aust. colloq. (Bk.)
► BLOTCH to spoil or ruin because of ineptness or stupidity → 1965 Amer. dial.
► BLOW TO HELL AND GONE to utterly ruin or destroy → 1865 Amer. sl.
► BLUE to make a mess of, to spoil, to ruin → 1880 sl.
► BODGE ► BODGE UP to ruin, to wreck → 1996 Aust. sl. (Bk.)
► BOTTLE UP to ruin; to destroy → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► BRING PINNOCK TO PANNOCK to cause ruin → 16C colloq.
► BUGGER UP to ruin, to spoil; to damage; to make a mess of; to muddle, to mishandle → 1891
► BUMP ► BUMP OFF to ruin; to destroy → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► BURN DOWN to overuse and thus ruin something → 1953 US sl.
► CAST TO THE DOGS to send to destruction or ruin; to throw out, to discard as worthless → 1556 obs.
► CHAW UP to ruin; to destroy → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► CLEAN OUT to ruin; to destroy → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► COCK UP to ruin by incompetence; to bungle → 1999  (Bk.)
► COOK to ruin; to destroy → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► COOK SOMEONE’S BACON to ruin → 1868 Amer. sl. 
► COOK SOMEONE’S GOOSE to ruin or destroy someone → 1845 Amer. sl.
► CRAB to spoil or ruin or render impossible any plan of action → 1912 US criminals’ sl. (Bk.)
► CRACK THE BELL to fail, to muddle things, to make a mistake, to ruin it → 1909 Cockneys’ sl.
► CRATER to fail, to be ruined  → 2009 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► CRAZE to destroy the soundness of, to impair, to ruin; to ruin financially, to render bankrupt → 1573 obs.
► CRUEL to spoil, to ruin, to destroy all chance of success with → 1934 Aust. sl.
► CRUEL THE PITCH to spoil someone’s chances; to ruin an opportunity → 1915 Aust. sl.
► CUT ONE’S OWN THROAT to bring about one’s own ruin 
► CUT ONE’S THROAT to ruin a person → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► DAMNIFY to cause the loss of, to bring to destruction or ruin → 1612 obs.
► DECAY to waste or ruin physically; to disintegrate, to dilapidate; to bring to decay or ruin → 1536 obs.
► DELABRATE to dilapidate, to ruin → 1813 obs.
► DIDDLE to ruin; to destroy → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► DISH to ruin; to destroy → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► DITCH to ruin, to stand in the way of a plan → L19 sl.
► DO to ruin; to destroy → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► DO FOR to ruin; to destroy → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► DO OVER to ruin; to destroy → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► DO THE BUSINESS FOR to ruin; to destroy → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► DO UP to ruin; to destroy → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► DOWNTHRING to press down, to crush; to overthrow; to bring to ruin → c1430 Sc. obs.
► DRIVE TO THE BOWWOWS to ruin a person → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► DRIVE TO THE DOGS to ruin a person → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► DRIVE TO THE WOOFS to ruin a person → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► DUST ► DUST OFF to bring to ruin; to defeat, to kill; to discard, to get rid of → 1938 sl., orig. US
► EAT UP to ruin; to destroy → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► FALL APART AT THE SEAMS to be or become spoiled or ruined → 1965 Amer. sl.
► FASH to ruin, to spoil → 1944 Amer. dial.
► FATE to ruin irrevocably → c1400 obs.
► FEAG ► FEAGUE ► FEGUE to destroy, to bring to ruin, to put an end to → 1668 obs.
► FINISH ► FINISH OFF to ruin; to destroy → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► FIX to ruin; to destroy → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► FLATTEN to ruin; to destroy → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► FOLD ► FOLD UP to ruin; to destroy → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► FRIG to ruin something → 1993
► FRUSTER to render useless; to frustrate; to destroy, to ruin, to lay waste → a1513 obs.
► FRY SOMEONE’S BACON to ruin → 1986 Amer. sl.
► FUBAR to ruin, to bungle, to mess up → 1946 US, orig. military sl.
► FUCK 1. to damage, to ruin, to spoil; to destroy → 1776 sl.
2. to cheat, to deceive, or ruin → M20
► FUCK UP to ruin; to mess up; to confuse → 20C US sl.
► GAFFLE to ruin someone’s plans → 1990s US teen sl.
► GET CREAMED to be ruined; to have a wreck → 1970 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
► GIVE SOMEONE THE WORKS to ruin or spoil someone’s chances → 1940s sl.
► GO DOWN THE CHUTE to fail totally; to be ruined → 2006 US sl. (Bk.)
► GO FOR A BURTON of an airman: to be killed; of a person or thing: to be missing, ruined, or destroyed → 1941 sl.
► GO TITS UP to die; to go to ruin; to fall apart → 2006 US sl. (Bk.)
► GO TO GRASS to be ruined; to be damned → 1836 US sl.
► GO TO PIGS AND WHISTLES to be ruined, to go to utter ruin; to be dissipated → 1786
► GO TO SHIT to be ruined or destroyed; to deteriorate; to go to pieces → 1973 sl.
► GO TO THE BAD go to ruin → 1860 Eng. sl.
► GO TO THE DOGS to go to destruction or ruin; to deteriorate shockingly → 1619
► GO TO THE WALL to fail in business, to be ruined, to collapse financially → 1842
► GUM UP ► GUM UP THE WORKS to ruin, to spoil, to throw into confusion → 1890 Amer. sl.
► HAND THE WORKS TO to ruin or spoil someone’s chances → 1940s sl.
► HAVE HAD THE SWORD to be finished or ruined → 1984 Aust. colloq. (Bk.)
► HERRY to harass, to oppress, to despoil, to ruin; to drag or carry off → 1818 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► HONISH to bring to disgrace; to dishonour, to insult; to destroy, to ruin, to put an end to → a1325 obs.
► JACK UP to do for, to ruin; to bungle something; to foul up  → 1873 colloq.
► JAZZ UP to confuse; to mess up; to interfere with; to ruin or impair; to botch → 1917 Amer. sl.
► JAZZ UP THE DETAIL to make a botch; to ruin things → 1932 Amer. army sl. obs.
► JIGGER to break, to ruin, to destroy → 1895 Eng. dial. & sl.
► JIM ► JIM UP to spoil, to ruin, to damage → 1913 Amer. dial.
► KIBOSH to ruin; to destroy → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► KNACKER to kill; to ruin → L19 sl.
► KNOCK OFF to ruin; to destroy → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► KNOCK TO FLINDERATION to ruin; to destroy → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► KNOCK TO HELL AND GONE to utterly ruin or destroy → 1863 Amer. sl.
► KNOCK TO SMITHEREENS to ruin; to destroy → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► KNOCK TO SMITHERS to ruin; to destroy → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► KREEBLE to ruin, partially or completely → 1970 US sl.
► LAY OUT to ruin; to destroy → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► LEESE to destroy; to bring to ruin or perdition; to spoil → a1325 obs.
► LUNCH to spoil, to ruin, to fail → 1950s US students’ sl.
► MAKE A MUCK OF to ruin → 1906 UK sl.
► MAKE A PIG’S EAR OF to ruin or spoil something → 2009 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► MAKE MINCEMEAT OF vb. to ruin; to destroy → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► MALAFOOSTER to destroy, to wreck, to ruin → 1950 Sc.
► MOMMICK to ruin by bungling → 1916 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► MUCK to beat, to surpass, to ruin financially → M19 sl.
► MUCK UP to botch; to ruin; to interfere → 1886 UK sl.
► MUGGER UP to damage, to ruin → 2000 sl.
► MULLER to ruin, to wreck, to destroy → 1990 Brit. sl.
► MUNG to spoil, to ruin, to mangle → 1969 sl., orig. US
► MURDER to ruin; to destroy → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► MUX to make dirty, to soil; to spoil, to ruin, to bungle → 1806 chiefly Amer. dial.
► NAPOO to ruin; to destroy → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► NASTY UP to ruin or spoil → 1965 Barbados sl.
► NAUSE to cause problems, to annoy, to ruin a plan → 1950s sl.
► NOBBLE to ruin anything deliberately; to impede a rival; to discover a plot → 1883 sl.
► NOORSE to cause problems, to annoy, to ruin a plan → 1950s sl.
► PACK to be ruined or spoiled; to become useless → c1920 motor-racers’ usage
► PISS ON A PERSON’S CHIPS to spoil a person’s plans; to ruin or take the enjoyment from a person’s situation → 1961 sl.
► PISS ON A PERSON’S PARADE to spoil a person’s plans; to ruin or take the enjoyment from a person’s situation → 1984 sl.
► PISS UP to ruin, to make a mess of → 1937 sl.
► PLAY HELL WITH to ruin; to destroy → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► PLAY OLD HARRY WITH to play the devil or the mischief with; to work mischief upon; to ruin → 1837
► PLAY THE BEAR to cause severe harm, damage, or disruption, to wreak havoc, to ruin, to spoil → 1579
► PLAY THE DEVIL WITH to ruin; to destroy → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► PLAY WHALEY ► PLAY WHALEY WITH to blunder, to fail; to play havoc with something; to spoil, to ruin; to make a mistake → 1897 Amer. dial.
► PRICK OVER THE PERK to upset; to vanquish, to ruin; to be the downfall of → 1529 obs.
► PUCKAROO ► PUCKEROO ► PUKAROO ► PUKARU to break, to destroy, to ruin; to kill → 1840 NZ sl.
► PUNCH to fail at or to ruin something; esp. to fail a course in school → 1974 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► PUT IN COLD STORAGE to ruin; to destroy → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► PUT ON ICE to ruin; to destroy → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► PUT ON THE EXTINGUISHER to ruin; to destroy → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► PUT THE CRAB ON to ruin or spoil → 1930 US sl.
► PUT THE FINISHER ON to ruin; to destroy → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► PUT THE FREEZE ON to ruin; to destroy → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► PUT THE KIBOSH ON ► PUT THE KYBOSH ON to frustrate, to ruin, to prevent, to jeopardize → 1830s sl.
► PUT THE MOCKERS ON to ruin, thwart or jinx → Brit. sl.
► PUT THE NARK ON to put off, to ruin a plan, to discourage → 1984 sl. (Bk.)
► PUT THE SETTLER ON to ruin; to destroy → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► PUT THE SKIDS UNDER to ruin; to destroy → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► QUEER to spoil something; to ruin something; to interfere with something; to put out of order → 1812 UK sl.
► RANK to spoil, to ruin → 1970 US sl. (Bk.)
► RIMRACK to ruin, to cheat; to behave riotously → 1841 Amer. dial.
► ROT to spoil or ruin an action, plan, etc. E20 sl.
► RUB OUT to ruin; to destroy → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► RUINATE to ruin → 1806 Amer. dial.
► SAUCE to ruin → 1990s US students’ sl.
► SEND TO GLORY to ruin; to destroy → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► SEND TO THE DOGS to send to destruction or ruin; to throw out, to discard as worthless → 1556
► SEW UP to ruin; to destroy → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► SHATTER to ruin, to put an end to, to utterly destroy → L17
► SHEG to do badly, to make a mess of, to ruin, to botch, to bungle → 1979
► SHEND to destroy, to ruin; to injure, to damage, to spoil → 1000 arch.
► SMASH to fail financially; to be ruined; to become bankrupt → 1839 colloq.
► SNAFU to mess up, to make a blunder; to ruin something → M20 US sl.
► STUMP to ruin → 1904 sl. (Bk.)
► TEAR SOMEONE A NEW ASS to ruin or destroy someone → 1973 Amer. sl.
► THRING DOWN to throw down by force; to thrust or knock down; to overthrow; to bring to ruin → c1375 obs.
► THROW OVER THE PERCH to vanquish, to ruin; to be the death or destruction of → 1568 obs.
► TINE to ruin, to destroy, to bring to nought → a1300 chiefly Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
► TO-SPILL to confound, to ruin utterly → a1300 obs.
► TURN OVER THE PERCH to vanquish, to ruin; to be the death or destruction of → 1594 obs.
► TURN TO SHIT to be ruined or destroyed; to deteriorate; to go to pieces → 1988 sl.
► WASH UP to ruin; to destroy → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► WIPE OUT ► WIPE UP to ruin; to destroy → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► WRACK to cause the ruin, downfall, or subversion of a person, etc.; to ruin, to overthrow → 1564