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

Researchers note that persistent health monitoring is individual-specific, so each person has to decide whether the data is helping them or quietly harming them. — Hanna Wickes, Charlotte Observer, 31 July 2026

After initially rejecting Jukebox’s sexuality and even harming her because of it, Marvin accepted his child’s sexuality and won her trust and love over seasons two and three. — Ronda Racha Penrice, HollywoodReporter, 31 July 2026

To determine what harm might occur by the project, wildlife officials must use the most recent research and then recommend ways to avoid harming the damage. — Jenny Staletovich, Miami Herald, 30 July 2026

Afram’s lawsuit argues that Netflix’s negligence has jeopardized the film’s exclusivity, thus harming its market value. — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 30 July 2026

Santos, who is the most recent member to be expelled from the House, made the comments after Miller has been accused by his ex-wife, Emily Moreno, of physically harming her. — Lauren Green, The Washington Examiner, 29 July 2026

Adam Stanaland, a psychology professor at the University of Richmond, told me that what’s concerning is when insecure men feel pressured to validate their manhood by harming others. — Adam Serwer, The Atlantic, 28 July 2026

Sailors report that access to knives and other sharp objects is more tightly controlled than normal, to prevent people from harming themselves or others. — The Week Us, TheWeek, 27 July 2026

The complaint states that the identity or identities of which of the three agencies is allegedly responsible for harming her is still unknown. — City News Service, Daily News, 27 July 2026