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vahingoittaa — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • affect verb To influence or make a difference to something.
  • damage noun Harm or injury that reduces the value, soundness, or usefulness of something.
  • deface verb To spoil the look of something, often a surface, through visible damage.
  • deteriorate verb To get worse in quality or condition.
  • harm noun Physical injury or damage.
  • hit verb To strike someone or something, often forcefully.
  • hurt verb To cause physical pain or injury.
  • injure verb To physically hurt a person or animal.
  • prejudice noun An unfair opinion or attitude formed in advance, without real knowledge or evidence.
  • scathe noun Hurt or damage done to someone or something.

Senses

vahingoittaa is used for these senses in English:

  • affect (transitive, pathology) Of an illness or condition, to infect or harm (a part of the body).
  • damage (transitive) To impair the soundness, goodness, or value of; to harm or cause destruction.
  • damnify (legal) To cause injuries or loss to.
  • deface To void or devalue; to nullify or degrade the face value of.
  • deteriorate (transitive) To make worse; to make inferior in quality or value; to impair.
  • harm To damage, hurt, or injure something, usually an inanimate object.
  • hit (transitive) To affect negatively.
  • hurt (transitive, intransitive) To cause (a person or animal) physical pain and/or injury.

affect — full definition

  1. verb To influence or make a difference to something.
  2. verb To pretend to have or feel a quality; to put on.

damage — full definition

  1. noun Harm or injury that reduces the value, soundness, or usefulness of something.
  2. verb To harm or reduce the value or condition of something.
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