What does "harmful" mean?

Causing or likely to cause harm or damage; injurious.

Harmful

Q: What is a synonym for "harmful"?

Common synonyms include: abusive, abusive conduct, abusive language, adverse, adverse outcome, adverse weather impact.

/ˈhɑːmfl̩/ adj

adj ·Common ·High school level

Definitions

Adjective

1
Causing or likely to cause harm or damage; injurious.
"Wear a hat to protect your skin from harmful sunlight."

Adjective

1
causing or capable of causing harm wordnet

Synonyms

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abusive abusive conduct abusive language adverse adverse outcome adverse weather impact

Antonyms

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beneficial harmless helpful innocent

Example

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"Smoking may be harmful to his heart."

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.

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