Need another word that means the same as “detriment”? Find 12 synonyms and 30 related words for “detriment” in this overview.
The synonyms of “Detriment” are: hurt, harm, damage, injury, impairment, loss, prejudice, disadvantage, disservice, ill, wrong, mischief
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “detriment” as a noun can have the following definitions:
| damage | Loss of military equipment. How much is the damage. |
| disadvantage | An unfavourable circumstance or condition that reduces the chances of success or effectiveness. Situations of serious social and economic disadvantage. |
| disservice | A harmful action. You have done a disservice to the African people by ignoring this fact. |
| harm | Actual or potential ill effects or danger. I can t see any harm in it. |
| hurt | Feelings of mental or physical pain. Her eyes reflected her unhappiness and hurt. |
| ill | A problem or misfortune. A lengthy work on the ills of society. |
| impairment | The occurrence of a change for the worse. Hearing impairment. |
| injury | An act that causes someone or something to receive physical damage. Compensation for injury to feelings. |
| loss | The feeling of grief after losing someone or something of value. He will be a great loss to many people. |
| mischief | A wrong or hardship that a statute is designed to remove or for which the common law affords a remedy. She ll make sure Danny doesn t get into mischief. |
| prejudice | Harm or injury that results or may result from some action or judgement. Prejudice resulting from delay in the institution of the proceedings. |
| wrong | An unjust, dishonest, or immoral act. I have done you a great wrong. |
| break | An instance of breaking something or the point where something is broken. His voice is breaking he should no longer sing in the choir. |
| broken | Out of working order busted is an informal substitute for broken. Tear off the stub above the broken line. |
| contusion | An injury that doesn’t break the skin but results in some discoloration. A dark contusion on his cheek was beginning to swell. |
| damage | Suffer or be susceptible to damage. The snow damaged the roof. |
| deafness | Partial or complete loss of hearing. The deafness shown by political leaders. |
| destroy | Destroy completely damage irreparably. Their terrier was destroyed after the attack. |
| destroyed | Destroyed physically or morally. Alzheimer s is responsible for her destroyed mind. |
| disable | Injure permanently. Their choice disables them from pursuing certain avenues. |
| disfigure | Spoil the appearance of. Litter disfigures the countryside. |
| fatality | Helplessness in the face of fate. A sense of fatality gripped her. |
| hamstring | Cripple a person or animal by cutting their hamstrings. He pulled a hamstring. |
| harm | Cause or do harm to. These pills won t harm your system. |
| impair | Make worse or less effective. A noisy job could permanently impair their hearing. |
| impairment | The act of making something futile and useless (as by routine. Hearing impairment. |
| injure | Harm or impair (something. He injured his back helping the girl. |
| injury | A casualty to military personnel resulting from combat. All escaped without serious injury. |
| irremediable | Impossible to remedy or correct or redress. Irremediable marital breakdowns. |
| irreparable | Impossible to repair, rectify, or amend. They were doing irreparable damage to my heart and lungs. |
| lame | Make a person or animal lame. His horse went lame. |
| maim | Wound or injure (a person or animal) so that part of the body is permanently damaged. 100 000 soldiers were killed or maimed. |
| mar | A mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something especially on a person s body. Violence marred a number of New Year celebrations. |
| maul | Take part in a maul. The forwards rucked and mauled to near perfection. |
| mutilate | Inflict a violent and disfiguring injury on. The madman mutilates art work. |
| ruin | Fall into ruin. The castle was ruined when dynamite was used to demolish one of the corner towers. |
| shatter | Upset (someone) greatly. Bullets riddled the bar top glasses shattered bottles exploded. |
| smash | An act or sound of something smashing. The window smashed. |
| spoil | The act of spoiling something by causing damage to it. To the victor belong the spoils of the enemy. |
| unrepaired | Not repaired; unmended, unrestored. |
| vitiate | Make imperfect. Development programmes have been vitiated by the rise in population. |
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