damaging Synonyms
Strongest:
Strong:
- poisonous
- infectious
- hazardous
- wicked
- hurtful
- prejudicial
- pernicious
- baleful
- hostile
- deleterious
- mischievous
- baneful
- injurious
- destructive
- evil
- noxious
- ill
Weak:
Strongest:
- favorable
- advantageous
- good
- benign
- useful
- harmless
- advantageous
- inoffensive
- innocent
- innocent
- favorable
- harmless
- inoffensive
- useful
- beneficial
- beneficial
- good
- safe
- innocuous
- innocuous
- benign
- safe
Strong:
- anodyne
- palliative
- remedial
- wholesome
- salubrious
- palliative
- healthful
- hurtless
- propitious
- sound
- secure
- propitious
- helpful
- wholesome
- curative
- salutary
- anodyne
- healthy
- healthful
- sound
- salubrious
- hurtless
- curative
- helpful
- salutary
- healthy
- secure
- remedial
Weak:
damaging Meaning
damaging (s)
(sometimes followed by `to') causing harm or injury
designed or tending to discredit, especially without positive or helpful suggestions
damaging (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Damage
damaging Sentence Examples
- Exposure to harmful UV rays can lead to damaging effects on the skin, such as premature aging and increased risk of skin cancer.
- The harsh chemicals in the cleaning solution can be damaging to certain types of surfaces.
- Repeatedly subjecting your hair to heat styling tools can result in damaging it and causing split ends.
- The gossip spread by the tabloids had a damaging effect on the celebrity's reputation.
- Engaging in negative self-talk can be damaging to one's self-esteem and mental health.
- The invasive species has been damaging to the local ecosystem, outcompeting native plants and animals.
- The floodwaters caused damaging erosion along the riverbanks, altering the landscape.
- Some social media trends can be damaging to impressionable young minds, promoting unrealistic beauty standards.
- The rumors circulating about the company's financial stability were damaging to investor confidence.
- Exposure to loud noises over time can be damaging to your hearing, leading to permanent hearing loss.
FAQs About the word damaging
(sometimes followed by `to') causing harm or injury, designed or tending to discredit, especially without positive or helpful suggestionsof Damage
adverse, dangerous, bad, detrimental,harmful, poisonous, infectious,hazardous, wicked, hurtful
favorable, advantageous, good, benign, useful, harmless, advantageous, inoffensive, innocent, innocent
Exposure to harmful UV rays can lead to damaging effects on the skin, such as premature aging and increased risk of skin cancer.
The harsh chemicals in the cleaning solution can be damaging to certain types of surfaces.
Repeatedly subjecting your hair to heat styling tools can result in damaging it and causing split ends.
The gossip spread by the tabloids had a damaging effect on the celebrity's reputation.
