damaging : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: damaging	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for damaging
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
damaging adj (sometimes followed by `to') causing harm or injury; "damaging to career and reputation"; "the reporter's coverage resulted in prejudicial publicity for the defendant" Synonym(s): damaging, detrimental, prejudicial, prejudicious designed or tending to discredit, especially without positive or helpful suggestions; "negative criticism" Synonym(s): damaging, negative
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Damage \Dam"age\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Damages}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Damaging}.] [Cf. OF. damagier, domagier. See {Damage}, n.] To ocassion damage to the soudness, goodness, or value of; to hurt; to injure; to impair. He . . . came up to the English admiral and gave him a broadside, with which he killed many of his men and damaged the ship. --Clarendon.