Synonyms of harming

harming

verb

present participle of harm

1

as in damaging

to cause bodily damage to

though she wasn't harmed by the flying glass, she slipped and fell on a piece and cut her hand

Synonyms & Similar Words

• damaging
• injuring
• hurting
• wounding
• bruising
• torturing
• tearing
• mutilating
• battering
• impairing
• scarring
• tormenting
• maiming
• crippling
• blowing out
• afflicting
• lacerating
• abusing
• nicking
• hamstringing
• grazing
• scalding
• straining
• cutting
• mangling
• creasing
• scathing
• gashing
• bloodying
• maltreating
• marring
• contusing
• spoiling
• goring
• scraping
• laming
• laying up
• blemishing
• aggrieving

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• fixing
• healing
• curing
• remedying
• mending

2

as in injuring

to reduce the soundness, effectiveness, or perfection of

the company's reputation has been harmed by allegations of crooked accounting

Synonyms & Similar Words

• damaging
• injuring
• marring
• hurting
• compromising
• weakening
• crippling
• impairing
• eroding
• spoiling
• destroying
• breaking
• undermining
• ruining
• disfiguring
• defacing
• vitiating
• crossing (up)
• bloodying
• blemishing
• deteriorating
• shattering
• crabbing
• wounding
• flawing
• battering
• endamaging
• wrecking
• tarnishing
• demolishing
• torturing
• blighting
• denting
• enfeebling
• wearing (away)
• scouring
• enervating
• mutilating
• devastating
• tormenting
• smashing
• wasting
• disabling
• maiming
• crushing
• decimating
• washing out
• annihilating
• botching
• hamstringing
• lacerating
• mangling
• queering
• bashing
• pulverizing
• clobbering
• totaling
• razing
• gumming (up)
• dinging
• wiping out
• tearing down
• desolating
• dashing
• dinting
• laming
• scourging
• doing in
• banging up

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• repairing
• fixing
• helping
• rebuilding
• reconstructing
• renovating
• healing
• revamping
• curing
• patching
• rehabilitating
• mending
• reconditioning
• remedying
• rectifying
• improving
• enhancing
• revising
• doctoring
• remodeling
• editing
• bettering
• enriching
• perfecting
• ameliorating
• refining
• meliorating

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of harming

Fortunately, some companies are realizing that hoarding data is actually harming their growth. — Raj Ananthanpillai, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026

Reforming the review process is paradoxically essential to avoiding actually massively harming our environment and climate. — James Ferguson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 July 2026

Hiring a professional can help identify problem areas and safely control mosquitoes without harming helpful insects like bees. — Caroline Lubinsky, Martha Stewart, 3 July 2026

Use plants, citronella, and essential oil sprays to naturally repel mosquitoes without harming pollinators. — The Spruce, 2 July 2026

Merz had repeatedly complained that the rate of sick leave is too high in Germany, harming productivity. — ABC News, 2 July 2026

How should organizations evaluate whether a four-day workweek will work for their specific business model without harming performance, customer service, or employee burnout? — Johnny C. Taylor Jr, USA Today, 30 June 2026

Ants themselves aren't usually harming your tomatoes, but they're often attracted to certain damaging pests. — Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 June 2026

YouTube and Instagram parent company Meta were also found liable this year of intentionally addicting and harming young people. — Clare Duffy, CNN Money, 29 June 2026