damaging
adj.
harmful; deleterious; causing damage or harm; capable of causing loss; prejudicial; negative
damage
v.
cause harm, cause injury
damaging
Adjective
1. (sometimes followed by `to') causing harm or injury; "damaging to career and reputation"; "the reporter's coverage resulted in prejudicial publicity for the defendant"
(synonym) detrimental, prejudicial, prejudicious
(similar) harmful
2. designed or tending to discredit, especially without positive or helpful suggestions; "negative criticism"
(synonym) negative
(similar) destructive
damage
Noun
1. the occurrence of a change for the worse
(synonym) harm, impairment
(hypernym) change, alteration, modification
(hyponym) detriment, hurt
2. loss of military equipment
(synonym) equipment casualty
(hypernym) casualty
(hyponym) battle damage, combat casualty
(classification) military, armed forces, armed services, military machine, war machine
3. the act of damaging something or someone
(synonym) harm, hurt, scathe
(hypernym) change of integrity
(hyponym) impairment
4. the amount of money needed to purchase something; "the price of gasoline"; "he got his new car on excellent terms"; "how much is the damage?"
(synonym) price, terms
(hypernym) cost
(hyponym) asking price, selling price
5. a legal injury is any damage resulting from a violation of a legal right
(synonym) wrong, legal injury
(hypernym) wrongdoing, wrongful conduct, misconduct, actus reus
Verb
1. inflict damage upon; "The snow damaged the roof"; "She damaged the car when she hit the tree"
(hypernym) change, alter, modify
(hyponym) burn
(derivation) harm, impairment
Damaging
(p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Damage
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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damaging
Synonyms and related words:
bad, baleful, baneful, corroding, corrosive, corrupting, corruptive, counterproductive, deadly, deleterious, detrimental, disadvantageous, disserviceable, distressing, eroding, erosive, evil, harmful, hurtful, injurious, lethal, malefic, malevolent, malign, malignant, mischievous, noisome, noxious, ominous, pernicious, poisonous, prejudicial, scatheful, toxic, venenate, veneniferous, venenous, venomous, vicious, virulent,
Source: Moby Thesaurus, which is part of the
Moby Project created by Grady Ward. In 1996 Grady Ward placed this thesaurus in the public domain.
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