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say it: DAM-i-jing
damaging is an adjective meaning "(sometimes followed by `to') causing harm or injury". It carries 2 recorded senses.
(sometimes followed by `to') causing harm or injury
“damaging to career and reputation”
“the reporter's coverage resulted in prejudicial publicity for the defendant”
designed or tending to discredit, especially without positive or helpful suggestions
“negative criticism”
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for damaging come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.