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damaging.

Causing damage; harmful, injurious.

8 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/ˈdæmɪd͡ʒɪŋ/Received-Pronunciation
  1. Causing damage; harmful, injurious.

Where this word comes from

Etymology tree English damage Proto-Indo-European *-onts Proto-Germanic *-ndz Proto-West Germanic *-andī Old English -ende Middle English -ynge English -ing English damaging From damage + -ing.

noun/ˈdæmɪd͡ʒɪŋ/Received-Pronunciation
  1. gerund of damage: an act of causing damage.

    form-of · gerund
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree English damage Proto-Indo-European *-onts Proto-Germanic *-ndz Proto-West Germanic *-andī Old English -ende Middle English -ynge English -ing English damaging From damage + -ing.

verb/ˈdæmɪd͡ʒɪŋ/Received-Pronunciation
  1. present participle and gerund of damage

    form-of · gerund · participle · present
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree English damage Proto-Indo-European *-onts Proto-Germanic *-ndz Proto-West Germanic *-andī Old English -ende Middle English -ynge English -ing English damaging From damage + -ing.

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