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damage - 20 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | damage |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cause injury, loss |
| Synonyms: | abuse, batter, bleach, blight, break, burn, contaminate, corrode, corrupt, crack, cripple, deface, defile, dirty, discolor, disfigure, disintegrate, dismantle, fade, gnaw, harm, hurt, impair, incapacitate, infect, injure, lacerate, maim, maltreat, mangle, mar, mutilate, pollute, ravage, rot, ruin, rust, scorch, scratch, smash, split, spoil, stab, stain, tarnish, tear, undermine, vitiate, weaken, wound, wreck, wrong, bang up, scathe, tamper with, wear away, wreak havoc on |
| Antonyms: | benefit, bless, enhance, favor, fix, improve, mend, perfect, repair |
| Main Entry: | damage |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | injury, loss |
| Synonyms: | accident, adulteration, adversity, affliction, bane, blemish, blow, breakage, bruise, casualty, catastrophe, contamination, corruption, debasement, depreciation, deprivation, destruction, deterioration, detriment, devastation, disservice, disturbance, evil, hardship, harm, hurt, illness, infliction, knockout, mischief, mishap, outrage, pollution, ravage, reverse, ruin, stroke, suffering, waste, wound, wreckage, wrecking, wrong, cave-in, impairment, marring, mutilation, ruining, spoilage |
| Antonyms: | advantage, benefit, blessing, boon, favor, improvement, profit |
| Main Entry: | damage(s) |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | cost for problem |
| Synonyms: | amends, bill, charge, compensation, expense, fine, forfeit, indemnity, reimbursement, reparation, satisfaction, total |
| Antonyms: | award, compensation, profit, recompense, reward |
| Main Entry: | blemish |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | flaw, disfigure |
| Synonyms: | blot, blotch, blur, damage, deface, distort, harm, hurt, impair, injure, maim, mangle, mar, mark, mutilate, pervert, prejudice, scar, smudge, spoil, spot, stain, sully, taint, tarnish, twist, vitiate, wrench |
| Antonyms: | adorn, beautify, decorate, embellish, ornament |
| Main Entry: | blight |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | ruin, destroy |
| Synonyms: | annihilate, blast, crush, damage, dash, decay, disappoint, foul up*, frustrate, injure, mar, mess up*, nip in the bud*, nullify, shrivel, spoil, taint, trash*, wither, wreck, glitch up |
| Antonyms: | aid, bless, guard, help, prosper, protect |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | bring down |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | reduce or hurt |
| Synonyms: | abase, cut down, damage, drop, fell, floor, injure, level, lower, murder*, overthrow, overturn, prostrate, pull down, slay*, tumble, undermine, upset, wound, KO, knock down, lay low, mow down, shoot down, throw down |
| Antonyms: | aid, encourage, help, raise |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | bruise |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | break blood vessel; discolor |
| Synonyms: | batter, beat, black, blacken, blemish, crush, damage, deface, injure, mar, mark, pound, pulverize, wound, zing*, bang up, bung up, contuse, do a number on |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | cheapen |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | diminish worth |
| Synonyms: | abase, belittle, corrupt, damage, debase, decline, decry, degrade, demean, denigrate, depreciate, derogate, devalue, discredit, disparage, downgrade, drop, fall, lower, mar, minimize, reduce, ruin, spoil, undervalue, write off, beat down, lose value, mark down, render worthless |
| Antonyms: | appreciate, enhance, increase, raise, upgrade |
| Main Entry: | chip |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | knock a piece out of |
| Synonyms: | break, chisel, chop, clip, crack, crumble, cut off, damage, flake, fragment, gash, hack, hew, incise, nick, notch, shape, shear, slash, slice, sliver, snip, splinter, split, whack, whittle, crack off, cut away, hackle, snick |
| Main Entry: | consumption |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | devouring; use |
| Synonyms: | burning, consuming, damage, decay, decrease, depletion, desolation, destruction, devastation, diminution, dispersion, dissipation, eating, exhaustion, expenditure, loss, misuse, ruin, swallowing, waste, wear and tear, drinking, using up, utilization |
| Antonyms: | starvation, fasting |
| Main Entry: | corrupt |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | pervert; pollute |
| Synonyms: | abase, abuse, adulterate, bastardize, blemish, blight, bribe, contaminate, damage, debase, debauch, decay, decompose, deface, defile, deform, degrade, demean, demoralize, deprave, depreciate, despoil, disfigure, disgrace, dishonor, fix, harm, hurt, impair, infect, injure, lower, lure, maltreat, mar, mistreat, misuse, outrage, pull down, putrefy, ravage, reduce, rot, ruin, spoil, square, stain, suborn, subvert, taint, undermine, violate, vitiate, warp, waste, animalize, grease palm, ill-treat |
| Antonyms: | better, chasten, cleanse, dignify, improve, purify |
| Main Entry: | debt |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | money owed to others |
| Synonyms: | IOU, albatross*, arrears, bad news*, baggage*, bill, bite*, capital, check, chit*, claim, commitment, credit, cuff*, damage*, debenture, debit, deficit, due, dues, duty, encumbrance, in the red, indebtedness, invoice, liability, manifest, mortgage, note, obligation, price tag*, promissory note, receipt, reckoning, responsibility, score, tab, tally, voucher, arrearage, below the line, dead horse, in hock, in the hole, outstandings, red ink |
| Antonyms: | asset, cash, credit, excess, profit |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | deface |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | mar, mutilate |
| Synonyms: | blemish, contort, damage, deform, demolish, destroy, disfigure, distort, harm, impair, injure, mangle, obliterate, ruin, scratch, spoil, sully, tarnish, trash*, vandalize, wreck, dilapidate, misshape |
| Antonyms: | adorn, beautify, decorate, embellish, fix, mend, ornament, repair |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | deform |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | distort, disfigure |
| Synonyms: | batter, blemish, buckle, contort, cripple, damage, deface, flaw, grimace, impair, injure, knot, maim, mangle, mar, mutilate, ruin, skew, spoil, twist, warp, wince, gnarl, malform, misshape |
| Antonyms: | beautify, improve |
| Main Entry: | deformity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disfigurement, distortion |
| Synonyms: | aberration, abnormality, buckle, contortion, corruption, damage, defacement, defect, depravity, evil, injury, irregularity, knot, malformation, ugliness, warp, asymmetry, crookedness, grossness, hideousness, impairment, malconformation, misproportion, misshape, misshapenness, repulsiveness, unattractiveness, unnaturalness, unsightliness |
| Antonyms: | beauty, grace, shapeliness |
| Main Entry: | destroy |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | demolish, devastate |
| Synonyms: | abort, annihilate, annul, butcher*, consume, cream*, crush, damage, deface, desolate, despoil, dismantle, dispatch, end, eradicate, erase, exterminate, extinguish, extirpate, gut*, impair, kill, level, liquidate, maim, mar, maraud, mutilate, nuke*, nullify, overturn, quash, quell, ravage, ravish, raze, ruin, sabotage, shatter, slay, smash, snuff out*, stamp out, suppress, tear down, total, trash*, vaporize, waste, wax*, wipe out, wreck, zap*, axe, blot out, break down, lay waste, spoliate, swallow up, torpedo* |
| Antonyms: | build, construct, create, improve, repair, restore |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | detraction |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | misrepresentation; slander |
| Synonyms: | abuse, aspersion, backbiting*, calumny, damage, defamation, disparagement, harm, hit, hurt, injury, injustice, innuendo, insinuation, knock*, libel, lie, obloquy, pejorative, ridicule, scandal, slam, smear campaign*, tale, vituperation, wrong, backstabbing, belittlement, denigration, deprecation, derogation, disesteem, libeling, maligning, minimization, muckraking, revilement, running down, scandalmongering, scurrility, traducement, traducing, vilification |
| Antonyms: | admiration, adulation, flattery, praise |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | detriment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disadvantage |
| Synonyms: | damage, disability, disservice, drawback, handicap, harm, hurt, injury, liability, loss, mischief, prejudice, impairment, marring, spoiling |
| Antonyms: | advantage, assistance, benefit, gain, help, profit |
| Main Entry: | disable |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | render inoperative; cripple |
| Synonyms: | attenuate, batter, blunt, damage, debilitate, disarm, disqualify, enervate, enfeeble, exhaust, hamstring*, handicap, harm, hock*, hurt, impair, incapacitate, invalidate, kibosh*, knock out*, maim, mangle, mar, mutilate, muzzle, paralyze, prostrate, ruin, sabotage, sap, shatter, spoil, total*, undermine, unfit, weaken, wreck, disenable, hogtie*, immobilize, pinion, put out of action, render incapable, shoot down*, take out*, throw monkey wrench in, unbrace, unstrengthen |
| Antonyms: | aid, assist, enable, help, improve |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | disfigure |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make ugly |
| Synonyms: | blemish, damage, deface, defile, deform, distort, hurt, injure, maim, mangle, mar, mutilate, scar, disfashion, disfeature |
| Antonyms: | adorn, beautify, decorate, ornament |
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