harmful
Meanings
Adjective
- causing or capable of causing harm
- "too much sun is harmful to the skin"
- "harmful effects of smoking"
Adj
- Causing or likely to cause harm or damage; injurious.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English harmful, from Old English *hearmful (suggested by hearmfullīċ (“harmful; hurtful”)), equivalent to harm + -ful.
Cognate with German harmvoll, Danish harmfuld, Swedish harmfull.
Synonyms
damaging, deleterious, detrimental, harmful, hurtful, inimical, injurious, mischievous, nocent, nocuous, noisome, noxious, prejudicial, scathand, scathel, sullen, venom
Antonyms
beneficial, harmless, helpful, innocent, innocuous, innoxious, inoffensive, undamaging, unharmful, valuable
Scrabble Score: 15
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