Damaging

//ˈdæmɪd͡ʒɪŋ//

Synonyms for "damaging" (71 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (15)

harmful bad baleful baneful corroding corrosive corrupting corruptive counterproductive deadly deleterious destructive detrimental

Adjective(2 words)

deleterious detrimental

Strong matches (21)

Adjective(1 words)

detrimental

disadvantageous disserviceable distressing eroding erosive evil fatal grievous hurtful ill injurious lethal malefic malevolent malign malignant

Adjective(4 words)

harmful hurtful inimical injurious

Related words (35)

mean mischievous noisome noxious ominous pernicious poisonous prejudicial prejudicious scatheful scathing toxic unhealthy venenate veneniferous venenous venomous vicious violent virulent

Adjective(12 words)

mean mischievous nocent nocuous noisome noxious peevish prejudicial scathand scathel sullen venom

Adjective(3 words)

negative prejudicial prejudicious

Related word relations

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7 relation types

Antonyms

2 entries

beneficial undamaging

Synonyms

2 entries

harmful prejudicious

derived

5 entries

damagingly damagingness neurodamaging nondamaging photodamaging

derived from

1 entries

damage

form of

1 entries

damage

related to

3 entries

damage harmful injurious

similar

3 entries

destructive harmful

Translations

27 translations across 14 languages.

Ancient Greek

1 entries

δηλητήριος adj (causing damage — see also harmful, injurious)

Azerbaijani

4 entries

ziyankar adj (causing damage — see also harmful, injurious)
ziyanlı adj (causing damage — see also harmful, injurious)
ziyanverici adj (causing damage — see also harmful, injurious)
zərərli adj (causing damage — see also harmful, injurious)

Catalan

1 entries

perjudicial adj (causing damage — see also harmful, injurious)

Finnish

1 entries

vahingollinen adj (causing damage — see also harmful, injurious)

Hebrew

2 entries

מזיק adj (causing damage — see also harmful, injurious)
מזיקה adj (causing damage — see also harmful, injurious)

Hungarian

1 entries

kártékony adj (causing damage — see also harmful, injurious)

Italian

2 entries

dannoso adj (causing damage — see also harmful, injurious)
lesivo adj (causing damage — see also harmful, injurious)

Japanese

1 entries

有害な adj (causing damage — see also harmful, injurious)

Javanese

1 entries

mbebayani adj (causing damage — see also harmful, injurious)

Portuguese

3 entries

danoso adj (causing damage — see also harmful, injurious)
lesivo adj (causing damage — see also harmful, injurious)
nocivo adj (causing damage — see also harmful, injurious)

Romanian

1 entries

dăunător adj (causing damage — see also harmful, injurious)

Russian

4 entries

вре́дный adj (causing damage — see also harmful, injurious)
вредоно́сный adj (causing damage — see also harmful, injurious)
поврежда́ющий adj (causing damage — see also harmful, injurious)
разруши́тельный adj (causing damage — see also harmful, injurious)

Spanish

3 entries

dañino adj (causing damage — see also harmful, injurious)
injurioso adj (causing damage — see also harmful, injurious)
lesivo adj (causing damage — see also harmful, injurious)

Tagalog

1 entries

nakakapinsala adj (causing damage — see also harmful, injurious)

Sample sentences

13 total sentences available.

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Pollution is damaging our earth.

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He managed to avoid damaging my reputation by dropping a hint.

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Environmentally damaging projects should be abandoned systematically.

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Football is a brain damaging sport for a brain damaged people.

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