damaging
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3.1
- adjective
- /ˈdæmɪdʒɪŋ/
:
perjudicial
- The recent scandal proved to be damaging to the politician's career.
- damaging effects
- environmentally damaging
- damaging consequences
That then marches alongside damaging self talk as well as self blame.
- That then marches alongside damaging self talk as well as self blame.
- And those are two very damaging forms of relating to the world.
- They're both terribly damaging, I think a growth mindset.
- Is that pain damaging, threatening, harmful?
- So raindrops aren't damaging, But it's a different story for hail.
- Indeed, mental illnesses are also very damaging to people's lives.
- This should supposedly not be damaging to phones.
- And you know how damaging dealing with an insecure man can be.
- So what's more damaging though, poor recruitment or the Glazers?
- This, this is really damaging if anything mattered anymore.
Examples
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Now, in an expanding free trade area, that protectionist element is damaging to excluded countries.
Academic text (1991) -
Mining bauxite is very damaging, and producing aluminum requires an enormous amount of energy.
Academic text (1995) -
And this stuff can be very damaging to gay young people.
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I think would send a very wrong and damaging message to our country.
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I feel it might be damaging for you, too.
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You are not a doctor, but these practices of yours could have damaging effects on these people.
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So all of that was damaging my credibility.
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High population growth rates can be more damaging than high population densities.
Academic text (1994) -
Indeed, mental illnesses are also very damaging to people's lives.
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Yet everywhere there was evidence of the damaging effects of the drought that plagued the entire countryside.
Fiction book (1994)
Synonyms
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1.0
Likely to cause harm or injury
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4.0
Containing poison that can cause harm or death
243
4.2
Causing great damage or harm
224
5.1
Causing very great damage or sadness
161
2.6
Causing damage to people, animals or things
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6.3
Causing harm to people, things, or the environment
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7.5
Causing harm to someone's rights, reputation or chances
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7.0
Causing very serious harm to people or businesses
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8.5
Harmful to people, animals, or plants
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7.0
Can harm people, animals, or plants
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2.9
Causing harm to living things like people or animals
Causing emotional pain or hurt
Antonyms
How Harmful
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Damaging comes from the word damage, which in turn comes from old Latin damnum meaning 'loss' or 'harm'. So when something is damaging it causes loss, injury, or a bad effect.