Synonyms of damning

damning 1 of 2

adjective

ˈda-miŋ 

as in disastrous

bringing about ruin or misfortune

a damning flaw in the program cost the company millions of dollars

Synonyms & Similar Words

• disastrous
• unfortunate
• fatal
• catastrophic
• destructive
• calamitous
• ruinous
• fateful
• apocalyptic
• damaging
• harmful
• adverse
• detrimental
• cataclysmal
• pernicious
• injurious
• hapless
• deleterious
• prejudicial
• luckless
• baneful
• hurtful
• evil
• noxious
• ill-fated
• baleful
• ill-starred
• ill

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• happy
• fortunate
• fortuitous
• lucky
• providential
• promising
• encouraging
• fair
• optimistic
• bright
• rosy
• hopeful
• fluky
• golden
• heartening
• upbeat
• auspicious
• propitious
• rose-colored

damning

2 of 2

verb

present participle of damn

1

as in cursing

to use profane or obscene language at or about

damned the car for once again breaking down

Synonyms & Similar Words

• cursing
• blaming
• criticizing
• chiding
• admonishing
• imprecating
• reproving
• rebuking
• reprimanding
• censuring
• maledicting
• reproaching
• reprehending
• reprobating

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• praising
• extolling
• magnifying
• blessing
• glorifying
• lauding
• commending
• applauding
• hailing
• complimenting
• saluting
• acclaiming

2

as in denouncing

to declare to be morally wrong or evil

a heresy that was quickly damned by a hastily called church council

Synonyms & Similar Words

• denouncing
• condemning
• criticizing
• blaming
• attacking
• decrying
• censuring
• disparaging
• execrating
• anathematizing
• convicting
• faulting
• belittling
• sentencing
• reprehending
• reprobating
• knocking
• dooming
• scolding
• panning
• slamming
• deprecating
• chiding
• hating
• blasting
• admonishing
• blacklisting
• upbraiding
• chastising
• excommunicating
• berating
• dispraising
• rebuking
• castigating
• raking
• reviling
• abhorring
• detesting
• reprimanding
• ostracizing
• reproving
• loathing
• lambasting
• reproaching
• dissing
• cursing
• vituperating
• imprecating
• abominating

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• approving
• endorsing
• praising
• blessing
• sanctioning
• extolling
• lauding
• commending
• exalting
• applauding
• glorifying
• hailing
• touting
• saluting
• eulogizing
• sanctifying
• honoring
• acclaiming
• consecrating
• hallowing
• revering
• venerating

3

as in sentencing

to impose a judicial punishment on

damned him to life in prison without the possibility of parole

Synonyms & Similar Words

• sentencing
• condemning
• punishing
• dooming
• adjudging
• judging
• correcting
• finding
• penalizing
• disciplining
• ruling
• chastising
• chastening
• opining
• decreeing
• censuring
• castigating
• concluding
• determining
• resolving
• deciding

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• pardoning
• reprieving

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of damning

Adjective

Jim read some of the quotes from the note, which were pretty damning. — Natasha Abellard, CNBC, 9 July 2026

The government’s charging document laid out a damning case against Guerrero Flores. — Jon Duffy, Mercury News, 25 June 2026

Verb

In traditional translations of Homer, Circe is often portrayed as a villain, someone who revels in luring victims to her island and damning them to her animal menagerie. — Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 19 July 2026

All German chancellors after Angela Merkel have faced rock-bottom approval ratings, capped by Merz’s historic unpopularity, and Merkel herself has faced a damning reappraisal of her tenure after leaving. — Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 11 July 2026