damaging

adjective
UK: /ˈdæm.ɪ.dʒɪŋ/
US: /ˈdæm.ɪ.dʒɪŋ/

  1. Causing damage.

    1. The sun is damaging my skin.
    2. Smoking is very damaging to your health, so you should quit now.

Synonyms

harmful detrimental injurious
damaging verb

  1. Present participle of damage: causing harm or injury.

    1. The storm is damaging the trees.
    2. He is damaging his reputation with those constant lies, so better stop.

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The phonetic transcription of "damaging" is /ˈdæm.ɪ.dʒɪŋ/ in British English and /ˈdæm.ɪ.dʒɪŋ/ in American English. Click the 🔊 button to hear both pronunciations.

Synonyms for "damaging": harmful, detrimental, injurious.

Example usage of "damaging": "The sun is damaging my skin.". More examples on the page.