Synonyms for damaging
- adjective
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Adjective
1. Harmful
harmful, detrimental, prejudicial, injurious, destructive, deleterious, hurtful, bad, pernicious, noxious, mean, mischievous, noisome formal, poisonous, vicious, disadvantageous, baneful, baleful, malevolent, malefic, prejudicious rare
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Definitions
- adj. 1
Causing damage; harmful, injurious.
Example sentences
- harmful There's no denying the harmful effects of smoking.
- detrimental It's not detrimental, but not beneficial either.
- injurious The argument that smoking is injurious has become accepted.
- negative Positive atomic nuclei attract negative electrons.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| damaging | steady | |
| harmful | steady | |
| detrimental | steady | |
| prejudicial | falling | |
| injurious | falling | |
| negative | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- bad1
- 4 letters
- mean1
- 7 letters
- harmful2, vicious2, hurtful2, noxious2, baleful2, malefic, noisome, baneful
- 8 letters
- negative3
- 9 letters
- poisonous3, injurious4
- 10 letters
- pernicious3, malevolent4
- 11 letters
- destructive3, detrimental4, mischievous3, prejudicial4, deleterious5
- 12 letters
- prejudicious
- 15 letters
- disadvantageous5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (harmful2 = 2 syllables).