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adjective
- 1. (of a circumstance or piece of evidence) strongly suggesting guilt or error: "I was innocent but the evidence was damning"
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A damning report, judgment, remark, etc. that includes a lot of criticism or shows clearly that someone is wrong, guilty, or has behaved very badly: He made some fairly damning remarks about the government's refusal to deal with the problem.
: causing or leading to condemnation or ruin. presented some damning testimony. damningly. ˈda-miŋ-lē. adverb. Synonyms. calamitous. cataclysmal. cataclysmic. catastrophic. destructive. disastrous. fatal. fateful. ruinous. unfortunate. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus. Examples of damning in a Sentence.
If you describe evidence or a report as damning, you mean that it suggests very strongly that someone is guilty of a crime or has made a serious mistake.
critical of somebody/something; suggesting that somebody is guilty. Her report is expected to deliver a damning indictment of education standards. Definition of damning adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
1. The saying of "damn" as a curse. 2. Informal The least valuable bit; a jot: not worth a damn. adv. & adj. Damned. Idiom: damn well. Without any doubt; positively: I am damn well going to file charges against him. [Middle English dampnen, from Old French dampner, from Latin damnāre, to condemn, inflict loss upon, from damnum, loss.]
Damning definition: causing incrimination. See examples of DAMNING used in a sentence.
damning definition: criticizing someone or something very strongly, or showing clearly that someone is guilty: . Learn more.
Definitions of 'damning'. If you describe evidence or a report as damning, you mean that it suggests very strongly that someone is guilty of a crime or has made a serious mistake. [...]
Definitions of damning. adjective. threatening with damnation. synonyms: damnatory. inculpative, inculpatory. causing blame to be imputed to. Cite this entry. Style: MLA. "Damning." Vocabulary.com Dictionary, Vocabulary.com, https://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/damning. Accessed 04 Nov. 2024. Copy citation. Examples from books and articles.
n. [count; singular; used with negative words or phrases, or in questions] something worthless or of little or no value: His promise is not worth a damn. adj. [before a noun] damned (defs. 2, 3).: I think you're a damn fool. adv. damned: You know damn well I wasn't there.