damaging

dam·age  (dmj)

n.

1. Harm or injury to property or a person, resulting in loss of value or the impairment of usefulness.

2. damages Law Money ordered to be paid as compensation for injury or loss.

3. Informal Cost; price.

v. dam·aged, dam·ag·ing, dam·ag·es

v.tr.

To cause damage to.

v.intr.

To suffer or be susceptible to damage.

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[Middle English, from Old French : dam, loss (from Latin damnum) + -age, -age.]

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damage·a·bili·ty n.

damage·a·ble adj.

damag·ing·ly adv.

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	damaging - (sometimes followed by `to') causing harm or injury; "damaging to career and reputation"; "the reporter's coverage resulted in prejudicial publicity for the defendant" detrimental, prejudicial, prejudicious harmful - causing or capable of causing harm; "too much sun is harmful to the skin"; "harmful effects of smoking"
	2.	damaging - designed or tending to discredit, especially without positive or helpful suggestions; "negative criticism" negative destructive - causing destruction or much damage; "a policy that is destructive to the economy"; "destructive criticism"

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damaging

adjective harmful, detrimental, hurtful, ruinous, prejudicial, deleterious, injurious, disadvantageous Is the recycling process damaging to the environment?
useful, valuable, helpful, profitable, favourable, wholesome, advantageous, salutary, healthful

Translations

damaging [ˈdæmɪdʒɪŋ] ADJ (gen) → dañino (fig) → perjudicial (to para)

damaging [ˈdæmɪdʒɪŋ] adj [information] → préjudiciable
to have damaging consequences → avoir des conséquences néfastes
a damaging effect on → un effet néfaste sur
to be damaging to [+ environment, health] → être nuisible à; [+ reputation, career, morale, economy] → être préjudiciable à, être nuisible à

damaging

adj → schädlich; remarks → abträglich; to be damaging to somebody/something → sich auf jdn/etw schädigend or schädlich auswirken, schädlich für jdn/etw sein; that was a damaging blow to his pride → das hat seinem Stolz einen empfindlichen Schlag versetzt

damaging [ˈdæmɪdʒɪŋ] adj damaging (to) → nocivo/a (a)