damaging - Wiktionary

Pronunciation damaging DefinitionfromWiktionary,thefreedictionary Jumptonavigation Jumptosearch Contents 1English 1.1Etymology 1.2Pronunciation 1.3Verb 1.4Adjective 1.4.1Synonyms 1.4.2Antonyms 1.4.3Translations 1.5Noun English[edit] Etymology[edit] damage+‎-ing Pronunciation[edit] IPA(key):/ˈdæmɪdʒɪŋ/ Verb[edit] damaging presentparticipleofdamage Adjective[edit] damaging(comparativemoredamaging,superlativemostdamaging) Harmful;injurious;causingdamage. 2013July19,MarkTran,“Deniedaneducationbywar”,inTheGuardianWeekly,volume189,number6,page1:Oneparticularlydamaging,butoftenignored,effectofconflictoneducationistheproliferationofattacksonschools[…]aschildren,teachersorschoolbuildingsbecomethetargetsofattacks.Parentsfearsendingtheirchildrentoschool.Girlsareparticularlyvulnerabletosexualviolence. Thepoliticianresignedafterdamaginginformationwasrevealed. Synonyms[edit] SeealsoThesaurus:harmful Antonyms[edit] beneficial(causingbenefit) undamaging(causingnodamage) Translations[edit] harmful,injurious,thatdamages Azerbaijani:ziyanverici (az),zərərverici (az),ziyanlı,ziyankar,zərərli Catalan:perjudicial (ca) Finnish:vahingollinen (fi) Greek: Ancient"δηλητήριος(dēlētḗrios) Hebrew:מזיק‎ m(mazyq),מזיקה‎ f(meziqa) Hungarian:kártékony (hu) Italian:dannoso (it) m,lesivo (it) m Japanese:有害な (ja)(yūgaina) Javanese:mbebayani Romanian:dăunător (ro) Russian:поврежда́ющий (ru)(povreždájuščij),вредоно́сный (ru)(vredonósnyj),вре́дный (ru)(vrédnyj),разруши́тельный (ru)(razrušítelʹnyj) Spanish:lesivo (es) m,dañino (es) m,injurioso (es) m Tagalog:nakakapinsala Noun[edit] damaging(pluraldamagings) Anactofcausingdamage. 1855,CharlesDickens,HouseholdWords Thatimmortalcreaturehadgoneovertheproofswithgreatpains—hadofcoursetakenoutthestiflings—hard-plungings,lungeings,andotherconvulsions—andhadalsotakenoutherweakeningsanddamagingsofherowneffects. Retrievedfrom"https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=damaging&oldid=60420776" Categories:Englishwordssuffixedwith-ingEnglish3-syllablewordsEnglishtermswithIPApronunciationEnglishnon-lemmaformsEnglishverbformsEnglishlemmasEnglishadjectivesEnglishtermswithquotationsEnglishtermswithusageexamplesEnglishnounsEnglishcountablenouns Navigationmenu Personaltools NotloggedinTalkContributionsCreateaccountLogin Namespaces EntryDiscussion Variants expanded collapsed Views ReadEditHistory More expanded collapsed Search Navigation MainPageCommunityportalPreferencesRequestedentriesRecentchangesRandomentryHelpGlossaryDonationsContactus Tools WhatlinkshereRelatedchangesUploadfileSpecialpagesPermanentlinkPageinformationCitethispage Print/export CreateabookDownloadasPDFPrintableversion Inotherlanguages CatalàDeutschEestiFrançaisItalianoമലയാളംမြန်မာဘာသာNederlands日本語SimpleEnglishSuomiSvenskaTiếngViệt中文