Synonyms for Undermining:

• adj.

  •destructive (adjective)
  • cankerous,
  • erosive.
  •harmful (adjective)
  • Harassing,
  • mischievous,
  • risky,
  • malefic,
  • murderous.
  •subversive (adjective)
  • under-ground,
  • most perversive,
  • more perversive,
  • most overthrowing,
  • over throwing,
  • more overthrowing,
  • most insurrectionary,
  • over-throwing,
  • more insurrectionary.

• n.

  •
  • attack,
  • subversion.
  •sabotage (noun)
  • injury,
  • destruction,
  • treason,
  • treachery,
  • subversiveness,
  • overthrow,
  • wreckage,
  • wrecking,
  • impairment,
  • demolition,
  • mischief,
  • vandalism.

• v.

  •disabling (verb)
  • stupefying,
  • deadening,
  • Paralyzing,
  • weakening,
  • Hobbling,
  • Hamstringing,
  • Cramping,
  • Neutralizing,
  • Botching,
  • Dulling,
  • Benumbing,
  • incapacitating,
  • crippling,
  • Abrogating,
  • invalidating,
  • Scotching,
  • Handicapping,
  • Hampering,
  • hindering,
  • Prostrating,
  • anesthetizing,
  • Vitiating,
  • enfeebling,
  • stunning,
  • Impairing,
  • screwing up,
  • disarming,
  • Laming,
  • disabling,
  • tampering.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • mining.

Paraphrases for Undermining:

• Equivalence

  • Proper noun, singular
    undermine.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    undercutting, impair, Impairing, hindering, Jeopardizing, eroding.

• Independent

  • Adjective
    weakened.
  • Proper noun, singular
    breaches.
  • Noun, plural
    infringements, attacks.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    damage, detriment, deterioration, impairment, disruption, sabotaging, prejudice.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    underestimating, Endangering, diminishing, destabilizing, discouraging, disturbing, Circumventing, destabilising, jeopardising, Hampering, dampening, minimizing, ruining, Distorting, hurting, Derailing, unravelling, Contravening, inducing, disadvantaging, Curtailing, Destroying, Influencing, countering, reducing, damaging, Eliminating, Diluting, unwavering, affecting, Prejudicing, Suppressing, Subverting, stifling, Impacting, deteriorating, Obstructing, Violating, declining, confusing, incriminating, invading, undertaking, offending, impinging, interfering, waning, decommissioning, Restraining, Risking, Detracting, unswerving, restricting, insulting, Overturning, causing, devastating, inhibiting, curbing, thwarting, constraining, stopping, Implicating, Suspending, Prejudging, Harassing, altering, Preventing, Breaching, demolishing, Imperilling, protecting, interference, Cancelling, Denying, devaluing, decreasing, upsetting, disabling, Scuttling, Mobilizing, Producing, Delaying, Overthrowing, corrupting, spoiling, torpedoing, encroaching, blowing, Afflicting, shrinking, Bridging, troubling, compromising, limiting, Comprising, Furnishing, ravaging, scouring, Subtracting, assigning, bypassing, exploding, losing, lost, Maintaining, reopening, Fulfilling, hitting, Committing, wavering, halting, weighing, engaging, Disbanding, wrecking, Collapsing, burying, questioning, missing, Plaguing, challenging, Attaining, blocking, Achieving, Stemming, bearing, Accomplishing, shaking, abating, Overcoming, Pledging, putting, Sacrificing, stalling, failing, aborting, Blighting, drawing, targeting, Neglecting, fighting, barring, owing, Decaying, touching, smashing, awarding, braking, allocating, slowing, Obligating, reaching, beating, tackling, attacking, striking, wasting, facing, Realizing, Combating, combatting, Sapping, blasting, falling, looking, Respecting, hot, By-pass, calling, Having, meeting, sabotaging, prejudice.

• Other Related

  • Proper noun, singular
    sabotage.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    weakening, neutralization, circumvention, harm, neutralisation, sabotage.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    impeding, Injuring, Harming, Infringing, weakening.

Antonyms for Undermining:

• n.

  • Other antonyms:
    gain, increase, buildup.

Undermining Sentence Examples:

• Then, owing to the undermining of a portion of the reef, it was thought well to build a new house on another part of the rock.

• She fairly writhed at the contemplation of her husband's treachery in undermining that one stay.