Vocabulary
Damning
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
(of a circumstance or piece of evidence) strongly suggesting guilt or error.
Urdu meaning
نقصان دہ، دائمی سزا یافتہ
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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- Israel may dismiss all of this as `distorted and false`, but the evidence against it is damning.
- That no action has been taken so far against the black marketeers is a damning indictment of the regulatory authorities.
- This alone is a damning indictment of the little progress made despite millions being poured into gender equality initiatives by international development agencies.
- Opposition to the damning of the Indus river has animated its politics for decades, but the six-canal project has lit a fuse that has forced the PPP to backtrack and adopt a more confrontational public stance with the PML-N.
- The year of the Primakov Triangle witnessed damning events in the rival camp.
Synonyms
incriminating, condemnatory, condemning, damnatory, damaging, derogatory, conclusive, strong,
Antonyms
vindicatory, inconclusive
Curator example
“I was innocent but the evidence was damning”
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