Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

damageous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
dam-a-geous
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

damaging, hurtful, injurious

Obsolete

Etymology

From damage + -ous.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

more damageous (comparative) most damageous (superlative)

Questions

What does damageous mean?
damaging, hurtful, injurious
Where does damageous come from?
From damage + -ous.

How to pronounce damageous

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