damning

Examples

• All

• The emotion behind her speech was absolutely compelling and damning.

  Blog text (22)

• In our history, only Blacks have faced a more damning cultural and legal reception than Asians have encountered.

  Academic text (2002)

• But the more damning argument is simply one of ethics.

  Blog text (11)

• If this is taken as anything other than damning with faint praise, then my meaning is misunderstood.

  Blog text (15)

• Yet, it is your vitriolic smearing of atheists that is the most damning in my eyes.

  Blog text (19)

• And it is damning in Hamlet's disillusioned warning to Ophelia.

  Academic text (2001)

• St. Hilary denounced him in the most damning terms imaginable for a Christian—he accused him of being the Antichrist.

  Blog text (14)

• The investigation revealed damning evidence against the corrupt officials.

• The politician made a damning statement that could cost him the election.

• Her report contained a damning critique of the environmental policies in the region.

Synonyms

D

to damn

vsdamning

• Offensive

207 7.6

To wish bad things to happen to someone by calling on a magic power

is a moral or religious threat focused on condemnation rather than general harm

C

to condemn

vsdamning

60 5.5

To force someone to live in a difficult or unhappy situation

is specifically a religious or moral threat, not any harsh outcome

A

to anathematize

vsdamning

• Formal

1 9.9

To officially say that something is evil and must be rejected

is a moral threat that may be less formal or ritualized

C

to comminate

vsdamning

• Archaic

9.9

To threaten someone with God's punishment or say they are cursed

is a general moral or religious threat rather than a formal ritual

R

to reprobate

vsdamning

• Formal

9.9

To say that someone will be punished forever after death

is a moral or religious threat without formally declaring everlasting rejection

A

to anathemize

vsdamning

• Formal

9.9

To say in public that someone or something is evil and should be avoided

is a general moral threat rather than a formal declared curse

I

to imprecate

vsdamning

• Offensive

9.9

To wish bad things to happen to someone, often by saying a curse

is a moral or religious warning rather than an active spoken curse

Antonyms

F

forgiveness

333 2.2

An act of letting go of anger toward someone after they hurt you

S

salvation

• Specialized

145 7.9

Being saved from sin and its punishment in a religion

How Condemning

damning

3 7.5

condemning

4.9

accusing

3.5

critical

121 5.2

questioning

3.9

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology