damaging

  • 1damaging — adj. 1. causing harm or injury; as, damaging to career and reputation. Syn: detrimental, detrimental to(predicate), prejudicial, prejudicious. [WordNet 1.5] 2. designed or tending to discredit, especially without positive or helpful suggestions.… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 2damaging — I adjective baneful, calamitous, calumnious, caustic, contemptuous, corrosive, deleterious, destructive, detrimental, disadvantageous, disastrous, grievous, harmful, hurtful, incriminatory, inculpatory, inimical, injurious, insalubrious, malefic …

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  • 3damaging — [adj] hurtful to reputation bad, deleterious, detrimental, disadvantageous, evil, harmful, injurious, mischievous, nocent, nocuous, prejudicial, ruinous; concept 537 Ant. beneficial, favorable, helpful …

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  • 4damaging — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ harmful or undesirable …

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  • 5damaging */ — UK [ˈdæmɪdʒɪŋ] / US adjective 1) causing physical harm to something so that it is broken, spoiled, or injured Increased emissions almost certainly have a damaging effect on the environment. damaging to: Smoking is damaging to your health. •… …

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  • 6damaging — dam|ag|ing [ dæmıdʒıŋ ] adjective * 1. ) causing physical harm to something so that it is broken, spoiled, or injured: Increased emissions almost certainly have a damaging effect on the environment. damaging to: Smoking is damaging to your health …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 7damaging — adj. VERBS ▪ be, prove ▪ become ADVERB ▪ extremely, fairly, very, etc …

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  • 8damaging — dam|ag|ing [ˈdæmıdʒıŋ] adj 1.) causing physical harm to someone or something ▪ the damaging effects of sunlight 2.) affecting someone or something in a bad way ▪ damaging criticism of his policies damaging to ▪ The loss of jobs was damaging to… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 9Damaging — Damage Dam age, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Damaged} (d[a^]m [asl]jd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Damaging} (d[a^]m [asl]*j[i^]ng).] [Cf. OF. damagier, domagier. See {Damage}, n.] To occasion damage to the soundness, goodness, or value of; to hurt; to injure; to… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 10damaging — adjective Date: circa 1828 causing or able to cause damage ; injurious < has a damaging effect on wildlife > • damagingly adverb …

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