self-damning
adjective
uk/ˌselfˈdæm.ɪŋ/us/ˌselfˈdæm.ɪŋ/Self-damningremarksoractionsshowclearlythat thepersonsaying or doing them iswrong,guilty, or hasbehavedverybadly. :
To makemattersworse, thecampaignthenreleaseda self-damningadvertisement.
Onlookers said theincidentwasrathermore self-damning than was beingclaimed.
- Acommentatoron theradiodismissedhim with the self-damningline, "I'd neverheardof him until the otherday".
- Thewholeincidentsays something more self-damning than thosedummieswilleverknow.
- Theemphasisonspeedoverstabilitywasevidentand self-damning.
Critical & uncomplimentary
- acidulous
- astringency
- astringently
- barbed
- be all very wellidiom
- censorious
- deprecating
- derogatory
- disapproving
- pejorative
- pointed
- pointedly
- self-criticism
- shade
- snark
- snidely
- snideness
- tar
- throw shadeidiom
- ultra-critical