Definition for Damaging:

• designed or tending to discredit, especially without positive or helpful suggestions; " negative criticism"

Synonyms for Damaging:

• adj.

  •all (adjective)
  • detrimental,
  • prejudicious,
  • negative.
  •dangerous (adjective)
  • Nocuous.
  •destructive (adjective)
  • calamitous,
  • catastrophic,
  • devastating,
  • venomous,
  • deadly,
  • deleterious,
  • disastrous.
  •harmful (adjective)
  • bad,
  • baleful,
  • malefic,
  • unhealthy,
  • unwholesome.
  •hurtful to reputation (adjective)
  • mischievous,
  • evil.

• n.

  •
  • risky.

• v.

  •blemishing (verb)
  • scraping,
  • scoring,
  • Tarnishing,
  • marking,
  • splotching,
  • Kinking,
  • Checking,
  • Disfiguring,
  • Tainting,
  • Defacing,
  • Scarring,
  • blistering,
  • Freckling,
  • Scuffing,
  • Specking,
  • Marring,
  • Deforming,
  • Nicking,
  • spoiling,
  • chipping,
  • Discoloring,
  • spotting,
  • Distorting,
  • Dotting,
  • Abrading,
  • Gashing,
  • Slitting,
  • hurting,
  • staining,
  • Flecking,
  • Hacking,
  • Fracturing,
  • Notching,
  • Blemishing,
  • defecting,
  • Flawing,
  • cracking,
  • scratching,
  • Blotting.
  •damaging (verb)
  • rending,
  • wrecking,
  • laying waste,
  • pillaging,
  • Despoiling,
  • vandalizing,
  • Depredating,
  • ruining,
  • ravaging,
  • wreaking havoc,
  • ransacking,
  • wasting.
  •injuring (verb)
  • wounding,
  • offending,
  • Harming,
  • Injuring,
  • Mangling,
  • aching.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • lethal,
  • precarious,
  • hazardous,
  • dangerously,
  • treacherous,
  • inimical,
  • perilous,
  • marauding,
  • kamikaze,
  • cataclysmic,
  • unsafe,
  • threatening,
  • ruinous,
  • suicidal,
  • malign.
  •
  • hostile,
  • convulsive,
  • poisonous,
  • ferocious,
  • glowering.
  •
  • suspect,
  • fatal,
  • terrible,
  • mortal,
  • serious.
  •
  • hot.
  •Other relevant words:
  • maleficent,
  • disadvantaging,
  • Slandering,
  • Scathful,
  • corroding,
  • virulent,
  • internecine,
  • malicious,
  • cutting,
  • dreadful,
  • corrupting,
  • mordant,
  • upsetting,
  • ill,
  • worsening,
  • noisome,
  • Venenate,
  • baneful,
  • violent,
  • ominous,
  • unhygienic,
  • fateful,
  • toxic,
  • spiteful,
  • Vitiating,
  • stern,
  • Scaring,
  • vicious,
  • weakening,
  • damage,
  • painful,
  • insanitary,
  • killing,
  • Blighting,
  • scorching,
  • acid,
  • severe,
  • erosive,
  • lossing,
  • Perverting,
  • electronegative,
  • harsh,
  • sharp,
  • Scatheful,
  • corruptive,
  • acute,
  • Disserviceable,
  • biting,
  • undermining,
  • straining,
  • Abusing,
  • Afflicting,
  • malevolent,
  • wicked,
  • affecting,
  • Mutilating,
  • heavy,
  • scathing,
  • Prejudicing,
  • Maiming,
  • Charging,
  • Searing,
  • adverse,
  • insalubrious,
  • distressing,
  • fierce,
  • vitriolic,
  • minus,
  • sabotaging,
  • corrosive,
  • noxious,
  • incisive,
  • incapacitating,
  • disconfirming,
  • Wronging,
  • traumatic,
  • Impairing,
  • keen,
  • traumatizing,
  • crippling,
  • opprobrious,
  • tumbledown,
  • unfavourable,
  • agonizing,
  • fell,
  • acrimonious,
  • grave,
  • veneniferous,
  • Maltreating,
  • dangerous,
  • shocking,
  • shattering,
  • bruising,
  • unhealthful,
  • eroding,
  • malignant,
  • withering,
  • acrid,
  • burning,
  • pricing,
  • venenous,
  • disturbing,
  • savage,
  • Destroying.

Paraphrases for Damaging:

• Equivalence

  • Adjective
    damaged, destructive, prejudicial.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    damage.

• Independent

  • Adjective
    devastating, disastrous, damning, destabilizing, catastrophic, hazardous, debilitating, malicious, crippling, nuisance, destroyed, unhealthy, calamitous, impaired, Destroying, serious, threatening, nefarious, perverse, dire, hurtful, painful, poisonous, severe, toxic, burdensome, fatal, hurt, unfavorable, untoward, disturbing, wrong, unfortunate, appalling.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    disadvantaging, aging, affecting, impair, Impairing, impinging, Prejudging, undermining, impeding, jeopardising, ravaging, Impacting, engaging, weakening, hurting, Derailing, altering, Hampering, causing, Inflicting, eroding, Prejudicing, suffering, demolishing, hindering, Influencing, diminishing, Disrupting, Addressing, tearing, Detracting, Breaching, offending, Wreaking, penalizing, Neglecting, shattering, Defeating, posing, worsening, Contravening, Distorting, interfering, Obstructing, ruining, penalising, wrecking, encroaching, Violating, Initiating, compromising, Attempting, invading, Subverting, Suing, resulting, constraining, stopping, Sacrificing, hitting, Accomplishing, inducing, allocating, inhibiting, wounding, bruising, Commencing, stifling, declining, Suppressing, lowering, Claiming, Arising, tackling, Achieving, giving, reaching, starting, Involving, offering, spoiling, aborting, limiting, crushing, striking, fighting, Encountering, Attaining, Realizing, punishing, unravelling, curbing, meeting, Refusing, corrupting, Fulfilling, trying, destabilizing, debilitating, threatening, disturbing.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    detrimental, deleterious, adverse, negative, dangerous, counterproductive, disadvantageous, disruptive, noxious, inimical, ruinous, injurious, harm, unfavourable, counter-productive, undesirable.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    injurious, harm.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    Harming, Jeopardizing, sabotaging, Infringing, devastating, Injuring, Tarnishing, attacking, Destroying.

Antonyms for Damaging:

• adj.

  • hurtful to reputation
    helpful, advantageous, Assisting, beneficial, favorable.
  • Other antonyms:
    nonpoisonous, constructive, nontoxic, palliative, nondestructive, propitious, sound, nonpolluting, secure, useful, noninfectious, remedial, noncorrosive, nonlethal, nonfatal, good, nonvenomous, curative.

Homophones for Damaging:

• denseness, diminishing, dance music, dancing, dimensioning, dankness, dinginess, downswing, Detumescence, downsizing.