damaging
/ˈdæmɪdʒɪŋ/adjective
उच्चारण डैमिजिंग
हानिकारक, नुकसानदेह, क्षतिकारक
Core word
- 1
~ (to sb/sth)
causing harm or damage to somebody or something
हानिकारक, नुकसानदेह, क्षतिकारक
- Smoking is very damaging to your health.
- The report contained damaging evidence against the minister.
- Fake news can be very damaging to society.
+ 2 more examples
- The storm did damaging harm to the crops.
- Rumours had a damaging effect on the company's reputation.
Synonyms harmful injurious destructive detrimental hurtful
Opposite harmless beneficial helpful
§Structures (grammar patterns) 3
damaging + noun (before a noun)
Damaging usually comes before the noun to say that something causes harm.
'Damaging' प्रायः noun से पहले आकर बताता है कि कोई चीज़ हानि पहुँचाती है।
- The report had damaging effects on the minister's reputation.
- Smoking has damaging effects on the lungs.
be damaging to + noun
After be, the preposition to introduces the person or thing that is harmed.
'Be' के बाद preposition 'to' उस व्यक्ति या वस्तु को बताता है जिसे हानि पहुँचती है।
- Loud music is damaging to your hearing.
- Such rumours are damaging to the school's name.
more / most / highly damaging
Damaging is a gradable adjective: use more and most, or intensifiers such as highly and very.
'Damaging' gradable adjective है: more और most, या highly और very जैसे intensifiers लगते हैं।
- The second report was far more damaging than the first.
- Plastic is highly damaging to marine life.
+Collocations 4
damaging + noun
effectimpactcriticismevidencerumour
- The damaging evidence led to his arrest.
adverb + damaging
extremelypotentiallyseriouslyenvironmentallypolitically
- The dumping of waste is environmentally damaging.
verb + damaging
proveseembecometurn outbe considered
- The decision proved damaging to the company.
damaging to + noun
healthreputationrelationshipsthe environmentthe economy
- Constant stress is damaging to your health.
“More examples 5
- Cutting down forests has damaging consequences for rainfall.
जंगल काटने के वर्षा पर हानिकारक परिणाम होते हैं।
- Radhika's essay explained why junk food is damaging to children.
राधिका के निबंध में बताया गया कि junk food बच्चों के लिए हानिकारक क्यों है।
- The newspaper published a damaging story about the contractor.
समाचार पत्र ने ठेकेदार के बारे में एक हानिकारक समाचार छापा।
- Cruel words can be more damaging than a physical injury.
कठोर शब्द शारीरिक चोट से भी अधिक हानिकारक हो सकते हैं।
- The floods had a damaging impact on the crops of the whole district.
बाढ़ ने पूरे ज़िले की फसलों पर हानिकारक प्रभाव डाला।
!Common mistakes 1
✗ Plastic is damaging for the environment.
✓ Plastic is damaging to the environment.
Damaging is followed by to, not for.
'Damaging' के बाद 'to' आता है, 'for' नहीं।
≠Thesaurus: which synonym when
All these adjectives mean causing harm, but they differ in how they are used.
ये सभी adjectives हानि पहुँचाने का अर्थ रखते हैं, पर प्रयोग में भिन्न हैं।
Causing harm to something's condition, value or reputation.
किसी की स्थिति, मूल्य या प्रतिष्ठा को हानि पहुँचाने वाला।
- The scandal was damaging.
Likely to hurt health or the body; the usual word for substances and habits.
स्वास्थ्य या शरीर को चोट पहुँचाने की संभावना वाला; पदार्थों और आदतों के लिए सामान्य शब्द।
- Smoke is harmful to the lungs.
Causing great, often complete, damage or ruin.
बहुत बड़ी, प्रायः पूरी, क्षति या तबाही करने वाला।
- The earthquake was destructive.
≈Synonyms and antonyms
§Grammar and usage
Damaging to something, as in 'damaging to the environment'.
Damaging to something सही है, जैसे 'damaging to the environment'।