DAMNING: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for DAMNING?

Need another word that means the same as “damning”? Find 7 synonyms and 30 related words for “damning” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Damning” are: damnatory, incriminating, condemnatory, condemning, reproachful, reproving, full of reproof

Damning as an Adjective

Definitions of "Damning" as an adjective

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “damning” as an adjective can have the following definitions:

• Threatening with damnation.
• Expletives used informally as intensifiers.
• Extremely critical.
• (of a circumstance or piece of evidence) strongly suggesting guilt or error.
• Used as expletives.

Synonyms of "Damning" as an adjective (7 Words)

condemnatory	Containing or imposing condemnation or censure. A condemnatory decree.
condemning	Containing or imposing condemnation or censure.
damnatory	Expletives used informally as intensifiers. The case against you was most damnatory.
full of reproof	Containing as much or as many as is possible or normal.
incriminating	Making someone appear guilty of a crime or wrongdoing. Incriminating evidence.
reproachful	Expressing reproof or reproach especially as a corrective. She gave him a reproachful look.
reproving	Expressing reproof or reproach especially as a corrective. A reproving glance.

Usage Examples of "Damning" as an adjective

• A damning indictment of the government's record.
• I was innocent but the evidence was damning.

Associations of "Damning" (30 Words)

absurdity	The quality or state of being ridiculous or wildly unreasonable. Duncan laughed at the absurdity of the situation.
anathema	Something or someone that one vehemently dislikes. He is an anathema to me.
anathematize	Curse; condemn. He anathematized them as bloody scroungers.
awfully	Very much. I m awfully sorry to bother you so late.
billingsgate	Foul-mouthed or obscene abuse.
blamed	Expletives used informally as intensifiers. It s a blamed shame.
blaspheme	Speak irreverently about God or sacred things. Blaspheme God.
chthonic	Dwelling beneath the surface of the earth. A chthonic deity.
curse	Invoke or use a curse against. A witch put a curse on his whole family.
cursed	Deserving a curse; sometimes used as an intensifier. Villagers shun the area believing it to be cursed.
diabolical	Showing the cunning or ingenuity or wickedness typical of a devil. Diabolical sorcerers under the influence of devils.
execration	An appeal to some supernatural power to inflict evil on someone or some group.
expletive	A word or phrase conveying no independent meaning but added to fill out a sentence or metrical line. He was greeted by a stream of expletives.
fool	Make a fool or dupe of. He is the fool of circumstances.
horrible	Provoking horror- Winston Churchill. A horrible massacre.
imprecation	The act of calling down a curse that invokes evil (and usually serves as an insult. I pushed my way through screaming imprecations.
indecent	Not conforming with generally accepted standards of behaviour, especially in relation to sexual matters. Indecent acts.
infernal	Being of the underworld. An infernal nuisance.
jibe	Make insulting or mocking remarks; jeer. A jibe at his old rivals.
malediction	A magical word or phrase uttered with the intention of bringing about evil; a curse. He muttered maledictions to himself as he trod the stone passages.
obscene	Designed to incite to indecency or lust-Margaret Mead. Using animals skins for fur coats is obscene.
stygian	Dark and dismal as of the rivers Acheron and Styx in Hades.
swearword	Profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger.
term	Give a descriptive name to call by a specified term. The musical term leitmotiv.
terrible	Extreme in degree or extent or amount or impact. Terrible handwriting.
terribly	In a terrible manner. I m terribly sorry.
tirade	A speech of violent denunciation. A tirade of abuse.
underworld	The mythical abode of the dead, imagined as being under the earth. A man reputed to be a godfather of the Glasgow underworld.
word	A secret word or phrase known only to a restricted group. I don t like the word unofficial.