damaging

  • (s) (sometimes followed by "to") causing harm or injury
    • damaging to career and reputation
    • the reporter's coverage resulted in prejudicial publicity for the defendant
    detrimental, prejudicial, prejudicious,
  • (s) designed or tending to discredit, especially without positive or helpful suggestions
    • negative criticism
    negative,

Synonyms

detrimental prejudicial prejudicious negative

Words of close approximity