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harmful, a.|ˈhɑːmfʊl|
[f. harm n. + -ful.]
Fraught with harm or injury; injurious, hurtful.
a1340Hampole Psalter lxi. 10 It is a harmefull winninge to win cattell and tine rightowsnes. 1388Wyclif Prov. i. 22 Hou long foolis schulen coueyte tho thingis that ben harm⁓ful to hem silf. c1460Fortescue Abs. & Lim. Mon. xiv, How harmefull it wolde be to the kynge, and to his reaume, yff his commons were pouere. 1549Udall, etc. Erasm. Par. Heb. iv. (R.), An harmfull person. 1562J. Heywood Prov. & Epigr. (1867) 95 Better is..A harmelesse lie, than a harmefull true tale. 1625K. Long tr. Barclay's Argenis v. v. 344 Fame is ever quicker..to bring us harmefull news, then such as we desire. 1697Dryden Virg. Georg. i. 115 And sleepy Poppies harmful Harvests yield. 1814Cary Dante, Par. iv. 65 That other doubt Which moves thee, is less harmful. 1885Manch. Exam. 15 May 4/7 To establish and endow a particular form of religion by the State is harmful to religion generally. |