Harm
/hɑːm/ noun, verb
noun, verb ·Common ·High school level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Physical injury; hurt; damage. countable, uncountable
"No harm came to my possessions."
- 2 the act of damaging something or someone wordnet
- 3 Emotional or figurative hurt. countable, uncountable
"Although not physically injured in the car accident, she received some psychological harm."
- 4 the occurrence of a change for the worse wordnet
- 5 Detriment; misfortune. countable, uncountable
"I wish him no harm."
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- 6 any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.; the condition of an injury wordnet
- 7 That which causes injury, damage, or loss. countable, uncountable
"We, ignorant of ourselves, / Beg often our own harms."
Verb
- 1 To damage, hurt, or injure something, usually an inanimate object.
"Will justice and conscience of society not be harmed if people avoid the truth?"
- 2 cause or do harm to wordnet
Example
More examples"Smoking will do more harm than good."
Etymology
From Middle English harm, herm, from Old English hearm, from Proto-West Germanic *harm, from Proto-Germanic *harmaz (“harm; shame; pain”). Cognate with Dutch harm (“harm”), German Harm (“harm”), Danish harme (“indignation, resentment”), Icelandic harmur (“sorrow, grief”), Swedish harm (“anger, indignation, harm”).