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