dam·age

(dăm′ĭj)

1. Destruction or a loss in value, usefulness, or ability resulting from an action or event.

2. damages Law Money required to be paid as compensation for an injury or wrong.

3. Informal Cost; price: What's the damage for the tickets to the show?

v. dam·aged, dam·ag·ing, dam·ag·es

v.tr.

To cause damage to.

v.intr.

To suffer or be susceptible to damage.

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

dam′age·a·bil′i·ty n.

dam′age·a·ble adj.

dam′ag·ing·ly adv.

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dam•ag•ing

(ˈdæm ɪ dʒɪŋ)

adj.

causing or capable of causing damage; harmful; injurious.

[1850–55]

dam′ag•ing•ly, adv.

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

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"

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

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Translations

επιζήμιος

endommagement

damaging

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

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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

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damaging

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

damaging

a. dañino-a, nocivo-a, perjudicial.