damaged

Thân thiện

The storm left a wake of badly damaged buildings.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Harmed or injured: Describes something that has been negatively affected, suffering physical harm, impairment, or deterioration from an external cause.
   • Spoiled or flawed: Indicates that the value, function, or condition of an object has been reduced or compromised.
   • Brought into disrepute: Describes a person's reputation or standing that has been unjustly harmed or tarnished.

Usage

• The adjective "damaged" is used to describe the state of a noun after it has sustained harm. It often precedes the noun it modifies (e.g., ) or follows a linking verb (e.g., ).
• It can describe physical objects, abstract concepts like reputations, and, less commonly, emotional states.

Examples

• Describing Physical Objects:
  • The storm left a wake of badly damaged buildings.
  • I won't buy damaged goods.
• Describing Reputation or Standing:
  • A damaged politician tried to rebuild his career.
  • The scandal resulted in her damaged reputation.

Advanced Usage

• "Emotionally damaged": Used to describe a person who has suffered psychological or emotional trauma.
  • The survivors of the accident were deeply emotionally damaged.
• "Beyond damaged": An emphatic phrase suggesting something is so severely harmed it is irreparable.
  • After the fire, the manuscript was beyond damaged; it was destroyed.

Variants and Related Words

• Damage (n.): The physical harm or impairment itself.
  • The damage to the vehicle was extensive.
• Damage (v.): To cause harm or impairment to something.
  • Be careful not to damage the artwork.
• Undamaged (adj.): The opposite state; not harmed or injured.
  • Miraculously, one vase remained undamaged.

Synonyms

• Harmed: Suffered injury or damage.
• Impaired: Weakened or damaged, often in function.
• Marred: Spoiled or disfigured.
• Tarnished: Made less valuable or respected (often for reputation).

Antonyms

• Intact: Not damaged or impaired in any way; complete.
• Pristine: In its original condition; unspoiled.
• Undamaged: Not harmed or injured.
• Flawless: Without any imperfections or defects.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. being unjustly brought into disrepute
   • a discredited politician
   • her damaged reputation
2. harmed or injured or spoiled
   • I won't buy damaged goods
   • the storm left a wake of badly damaged buildings

Từ đồng nghĩa

• discredited