life-ruining en · ADJ
Etymology
From life + ruining.
Meanings
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Having the potential to negatively impact someone's life.
All of which is to say – my OCD is back. For those of you who have not had the displeasure, OCD stands for Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and it is an absolute arseache. Again, at best. Utterly debilitating and life-ruining at worst.
2025 October 20, Lucy Mangan, “My OCD is back. It's exhausting and awful, but this time I'm ready”, in The i Paper, archived from the original on 03 Nov 2025:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more life-ruining | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most life-ruining | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |