Synonyms of impairing

impairing

verb

present participle of impair

as in damaging

to reduce the soundness, effectiveness, or perfection of

already impaired by a crack, the windshield shattered upon impact with the baseball

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of impairing

Chronic stress also reshapes the prefrontal cortex, impairing our ability to manage stress overall. — Erin Clabough, The Conversation, 31 July 2026

Researchers found that even a few days of a high-fat diet resembling cheeseburgers and fries disrupted CCK interneurons in the hippocampus, impairing memory. — Samantha Agate, Miami Herald, 21 July 2026

The complete assembly weighs just enough for the Madagascar hissing cockroach, a species favored for cyborg research because of its large size, robustness, and wingless body, to carry without significantly impairing its movement. — New Atlas, 18 July 2026

Noise from a data center in Dowagiac, Michigan, has prompted a class-action lawsuit, with residents saying the noise is impairing their lives. — Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 17 July 2026

That match carries a 70% probability of performance-impairing heat. — Carlos Roa, The Orlando Sentinel, 25 June 2026

The death was classified as natural, with the pathologist noting that long-term alcohol use can increase the risk of aspiration pneumonia by impairing several of the body's protective reflexes and immune functions. — Angelique Brenes, PEOPLE, 24 June 2026

He was charged last week with impairing or interrupting operation of critical infrastructure facility. — ABC News, 8 June 2026

Oriyomi was subsequently arrested Friday on charges of intentionally impairing or interrupting the operation of a critical infrastructure facility. — Mirna Alsharif, NBC news, 7 June 2026