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Damaging

🔄 Synonyms of "Damaging"

6 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
detrimentalnoun	Causing damage or harm.
harmful	Causing or likely to cause harm or damage; injurious.
prejudicial	Causing harm or injury; detrimental, harmful or injurious.
prejudicious	(rare) Acting with prejudice; having prejudice.
destructive	Causing destruction; damaging.
negativenoun	Not positive or neutral; bad; undesirable; unfavourable.

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
detrimentalnoun	Causing damage or harm.
harmful	Causing or likely to cause harm or damage; injurious.
destructive	Causing destruction; damaging.
negativenoun	Not positive or neutral; bad; undesirable; unfavourable.
prejudicial	Causing harm or injury; detrimental, harmful or injurious.
prejudicious	(rare) Acting with prejudice; having prejudice.
injurious	Causing physical harm or injury; harmful, hurtful.
hurtful	Tending to hurt someone's feelings; insulting; lacerating.
deleterious	(formal) Harmful, often in a subtle or unexpected way.
harmnoun	Physical injury; hurt; damage.
noxious	Harmful; injurious.
devastating	Causing devastation.
pernicious	Causing much harm in a subtle way.
painful	Causing pain or distress, either physical or mental.
disastrous	Of the nature of a disaster; calamitous.
hurtingnoun	A sensation that hurts.
disservicenoun	Service that results in harm; an (intentionally or unintentionally) unhelpful, harmful action.
calamitous	Causing or involving calamity; disastrous.
corrupted	Marked by immorality and perversion; depraved.
ruinous	Causing ruin; destructive, calamitous.