 harmful |
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| 1. | [ adjective ] able or likely to do harm | |
| Related terms: | dangerous | |
| 2. | [ adjective ] tending to cause great harm | |
| Synonyms: | evil injurious | |
| Related terms: | malign | |
| 3. | [ adjective ] causing or capable of causing harm | |
| Examples: | "too much sun is harmful to the skin" "harmful effects of smoking" |
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| Related terms: | harmless damaging ill catastrophic counterproductive bad abusive stabbing bruising deleterious calumniatory insidious mischievous nocent painful destructive toxic malign offensive unwholesome noxious disadvantageous | |
| 4. | [ adjective ] injurious to physical or mental health | |
| Synonyms: | noxious | |
| Examples: | "noxious chemical wastes" "noxious ideas" |
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| Related terms: | innocuous baneful corrupting vesicatory toxic unwholesome | |
| 5. | [ adjective ] contrary to your interests or welfare | |
| Synonyms: | adverse untoward inauspicious | |
| Examples: | "adverse circumstances" "made a place for themselves under the most untoward conditions" |
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| Related terms: | unfavorable | |
| 6. | [ adjective ] constituting a disadvantage | |
| Synonyms: | disadvantageous | |
| Related terms: | advantageous minus inopportune inexpedient | |
| Similar spelling: |
harmfully |
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