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[ hahrm-fuhl ] / ˈhɑrm fəl / SEE SYNONYMS FOR harmful ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivecausing or capable of causing harm; injurious: a harmful idea; a harmful habit. Origin of harmfulbefore 1000; Middle English; Old English hearmful.See harm, -ful SYNONYMS FOR harmfulhurtful, detrimental, damaging, deleterious. SEE SYNONYMS FOR harmful ON THESAURUS.COM ANTONYMS FOR harmfulbeneficial. SEE ANTONYMS FOR harmful ON THESAURUS.COM OTHER WORDS FROM harmfulharm·ful·ly, adverbharm·ful·ness, nounquasi-harmful, adjectivequa·si-harm·ful·ly, adverb un·harm·ful, adjectiveun·harm·ful·ly, adverb Words nearby harmfulharlot, harlotry, Harlow, harm, harmattan, harmful, harmless, harmolodics, Harmonia, harmonic, harmonica Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for harmfulSo why are we continually inundated with images and hate speech perpetuating this harmful lie? Can We Lose the Violent Muslim Cliché?|Jay Parini|October 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST It will likely be harmful to the reputations of both the president and vice president. Exposed: The White House’s Professor-in-Chief|Jonathan Alter|October 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST Another act, however, may be considered immoral not because it is harmful but because it evinces disloyalty. It’s Official: Religion Doesn’t Make You More Moral|Elizabeth Picciuto|September 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST From a pediatric ICU in Melbourne, Australia, to an elevator in Brooklyn, we see just how harmful refusing to vaccinate can be. Hey Anti-Vaxxers, Watch NOVA: Vaccines--Calling the Shots|Russell Saunders|September 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Studies revealed that exposure to harmful UV rays could cause wrinkles and other signs of aging, as well as skin cancer. Is the Facekini the Future of Beachwear?|Justin Jones|August 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST Hence, it is often as harmful for a person to use these medicines freely as to use alcoholic liquors in any other form. First Book in Physiology and Hygiene|J.H. Kellogg Father will not insist on your doing anything that will be harmful. The Tyranny of the Dark|Hamlin Garland And it is especially their so-called tactics that are harmful to the proletariat. Anarchism and Socialism|George Plechanoff In the same way shade is harmful to vegetation, since the radiant energy required for growth is prevented from reaching the plant. The Mechanism of Life|Stphane Leduc It has all the fantastic unreality of Chinese dragons, and, therefore, can in no way be harmful. Oscar Wilde|Leonard Cresswell Ingleby
British Dictionary definitions for harmful
adjectivecausing or tending to cause harm; injurious Derived forms of harmfulharmfully, adverbharmfulness, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to harmfulinimical, unhealthy, noxious, catastrophic, unsafe, pernicious, adverse, bad, disastrous, detrimental, painful, sinful, toxic, disadvantageous, ruinous, destructive, damaging, risky, baleful, baneful |