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

The task is to match instruments to problems and restore financial stability to its proper place in the Fed’s framework, without unnecessarily impairing the capital formation on which America’s long-run competitiveness may depend. — Joao Gomes, Fortune, 25 Aug. 2026

At the same time sweeping farm loan waivers have been criticized for impairing credit discipline, draining the public exchequer, and discouraging lending. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 18 Aug. 2026

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