Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb damage

2 senses of damage

Sense 1
damage -- (inflict damage upon; "The snow damaged the roof"; "She damaged the car when she hit the tree")
       => change, alter, modify -- (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue")

Sense 2
damage -- (suffer or be susceptible to damage; "These fine china cups damage easily")
       => change -- (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night")

Antonyms of adj damaged

2 senses of damaged

Sense 1
damaged (vs. undamaged) -- (harmed or injured or spoiled; "I won't buy damaged goods"; "the storm left a wake of badly damaged buildings")

undamaged (vs. damaged) -- (not harmed or spoiled; sound)
        => intact -- (undamaged in any way; "the vase remained intact despit rough handling")

Sense 2
discredited, damaged -- (being unjustly brought into disrepute; "a discredited politician"; "her damaged reputation")

INDIRECT (VIA disreputable) -> reputable -- (having a good reputation; "a reputable business"; "a reputable scientist"; "a reputable wine")

Similarity of adj damaged

2 senses of damaged

Sense 1
damaged (vs. undamaged) -- (harmed or injured or spoiled; "I won't buy damaged goods"; "the storm left a wake of badly damaged buildings")
       => battered, beat-up, beaten-up -- (damaged by blows or hard usage; "a battered old car"; "the beaten-up old Ford")
       => bedraggled, broken-down, derelict, dilapidated, ramshackle, tatterdemalion, tumble-down -- (in deplorable condition; "a street of bedraggled tenements"; "a broken-down fence"; "a ramshackle old pier"; "a tumble-down shack")
       => bent, crumpled, dented -- (of metal e.g.; "bent nails"; "a car with a crumpled front end"; "dented fenders")
       => broken, busted -- (out of working order (`busted' is an informal substitute for `broken'); "a broken washing machine"; "the coke machine is broken"; "the coke machine is busted")
       => broken-backed -- (having the spine damaged; "a broken-backed book"; "a broken-backed old horse")
       => hurt, weakened -- (damaged inanimate objects or their value)
       => knocked-out (prenominal) -- (damaged; "the gym has some of the most knocked-out equipment since Vic Tanny")
       => riddled -- ((often followed by `with') damaged throughout by numerous perforations or holes; "a sweater riddled with moth holes"; "cliffs riddled with caves"; "the bullet-riddled target")
       => storm-beaten -- (damaged by storm)
          Also See-> blemished#1; broken#1; destroyed#1; impaired#1; injured#1

Sense 2
discredited, damaged -- (being unjustly brought into disrepute; "a discredited politician"; "her damaged reputation")
       => disreputable (vs. reputable) -- (lacking respectability in character or behavior or appearance)

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