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damageful

damageful adjective: characterised by or causing damage; harmful.

Adjective

damageful (comparative more damageful, superlative most damageful)

  1. (rare) Characterised by or causing damage; harmful

Antonyms of damageful

Forms of damageful

comparativemore damageful
superlativemost damageful

Origin of damageful

From Middle English damageful, equivalent to damage + -ful.

Questions about damageful

What does damageful mean?
Damageful means characterised by or causing damage; harmful.
What part of speech is damageful?
Damageful is an adjective.

Words near damageful in the dictionary

  1. damageableness
  2. damaged
  3. damaged goods
  4. damagee
  5. damagees
  6. damageful
  7. damageless
  8. damagement
  9. damagements
  10. damageous
  11. damager

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