💔 Harmed or spoiled 😔 Lost respect

damaged

1 4.1

Less respected and trusted because of bad news or actions

adjective
/ˈdæmɪdʒd/

: dañado

The accusations made him feel like a damaged man, unworthy of love or respect.

And after that, I felt like I was damaged goods.

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Examples

We view ourselves as the problem, as the people who are just too damaged to make relationships work.
And after that, I felt like I was damaged goods.

Tim Ferriss
I still felt that it made me damaged goods.
Or are you one of those damaged kids right now?
And Whitby is kind of a damaged individual.
I know he was clearly very damaged, troubled, narcissistic.
You're very, very damaged, aren't you?

Legend (2015)
But a damaged, deceitful, manipulative child is not a demon.

Case 39 (2009)
She's in a certain way even more damaged than Inez or Garcena are.
After the scandal, her reputation was left damaged and she struggled to regain trust.

Synonyms

disgraced

vsdamaged

6 4.6

A person who has lost respect after doing something shameful

loses status because of unfair blame rather than actual shameful conduct

scarred

vsdamaged

5 4.6

Deeply hurt by physical injury or strong emotional pain

describes loss of standing due to unfair criticism rather than deep lasting trauma

hurt

vsdamaged

4 3.1

Damaged so it is less useful or valuable

applies to losing respect from unjust accusations rather than general impairment

injured

vsdamaged

4 3.3

Feeling hurt or offended by what someone says

describes loss of respect caused by unfair public accusations rather than personal hurt

dishonored

vsdamaged

1 4.9

A person who has lost respect because of shameful behavior

loses respect chiefly from unfair accusations rather than proven wrongdoing

battered

vsdamaged

NSFW

1 4.6

A person who has been hurt physically or emotionally by someone many times

refers to loss of standing through unfair accusations rather than repeated abuse

ruined

vsdamaged

1 3.1

Badly damaged so it cannot be fixed or returned to how it was before

refers to loss of respect from unfair accusations rather than irreversible total loss

shattered

vsdamaged

1 4.8

Feeling very upset because hopes or feelings are destroyed

refers to lowered respect due to unfair criticism rather than total personal collapse

discredited

vsdamaged

6.0

No longer trusted or respected because people found problems with it

loses respect because of unfair criticism or false accusations

destroyed

vsdamaged

2.8

Very badly damaged and no longer usable, often after a war or storm

is about loss of reputation from unfair accusations rather than absolute physical end

marred

vsdamaged

5.5

Having a mark or fault that makes it look worse

focuses on reputation loss from unjust accusations rather than a visible blemish

Compounds

brain-damaged

Specialized

13 7.2

With a serious injury to the brain that makes it hard to think or move

damaged ligament

3.3

A band of tissue that connects two bones and gets torn or stretched in a joint like the knee

How Damaged

ruined

1 3.1

damaged

1 4.1

marred

5.5

Surface Forms

damaged positive

Morphology

damaged = damage (transparent) = damage + ed

Formed from the verb 'damage' with '-ed' to indicate a state resulting from harm; the extension to reputation is predictable from the base meaning.

Etymology

Damaged used for a reputation comes from the same old Latin word damnum that meant 'loss' or 'harm'. That's why a damaged reputation has 'lost' respect or value after bad events.