Suspicion is destructive of friendship.
Source: tatoeba (20044)
Destructive
Synonyms for "destructive" (134 found)
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Strong matches (40)
Related words (67)
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Adjective(7 words)
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Antonyms
4 entriesSynonyms
10 entriesderived
31 entriesShowing 16 of 31 words.
derived from
1 entrieshas context
1 entriesrelated to
11 entriessimilar
32 entriesShowing 16 of 32 words.
Translations
72 translations across 35 languages.
Ancient Greek
3 entries- δηλητήριος adj (causing destruction; damaging)
- ὀλέθριος adj (causing destruction; damaging)
- ὀλοός adj (causing destruction; damaging)
Armenian
2 entries- կործանարար adj (causing destruction; damaging)
- կործանիչ adj (causing destruction; damaging)
Bulgarian
1 entries- разрушителен adj (causing destruction; damaging)
Catalan
1 entries- destructiu adj (causing destruction; damaging)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 損失性的 /损失性的 adj (lossy)
- 破壞性的 /破坏性的 adj (causing destruction; damaging)
- 解體性的 /解体性的 adj (causing breakdown)
Czech
2 entries- destruktivní adj (causing destruction; damaging)
- ničivý adj (causing destruction; damaging)
Danish
1 entries- destruktiv adj (causing destruction; damaging)
Dutch
4 entries- destructief adj (causing destruction; damaging)
- destructieve adj (causing destruction; damaging)
- verwoestend adj (causing destruction; damaging)
- verwoestende adj (causing destruction; damaging)
Finnish
4 entries- destruktiivinen adj (causing destruction; damaging)
- destruktiivinen adj (lossy)
- hajottava adj (causing breakdown)
- peruuttamaton adj (lossy)
French
1 entries- destructif adj (causing destruction; damaging)
German
3 entries- destruktiv adj (causing destruction; damaging)
- schädlich adj (causing destruction; damaging)
- zerstörend adj (causing destruction; damaging)
Greek
4 entries- αφανιστικός adj (causing destruction; damaging)
- καταλυτικός adj (causing breakdown)
- καταστρεπτικός adj (causing destruction; damaging)
- καταστροφικός adj (causing destruction; damaging)
Hebrew
1 entries- הרסני adj (causing destruction; damaging)
Hungarian
3 entries- destruktív adj (causing destruction; damaging)
- kártékony adj (causing destruction; damaging)
- pusztító adj (causing destruction; damaging)
Interlingua
1 entries- destructive adj (causing destruction; damaging)
Irish
3 entries- arganach adj (causing destruction; damaging)
- sladach adj (causing destruction; damaging)
- urbhadhach adj (causing destruction; damaging)
Italian
1 entries- distruttivo adj (causing destruction; damaging)
Japanese
1 entries- 破壊的な adj (causing destruction; damaging)
Korean
1 entries- 파괴적 adj (causing destruction; damaging)
Latin
3 entries- destructivus adj (causing destruction; damaging)
- exitiosus adj (causing destruction; damaging)
- exitiābilis adj (causing destruction; damaging)
Old Irish
1 entries- bráthamail adj (causing destruction; damaging)
Persian
1 entries- مخرب adj (causing destruction; damaging)
Polish
1 entries- destrukcyjny adj (causing destruction; damaging)
Portuguese
1 entries- destrutivo adj (causing destruction; damaging)
Romanian
2 entries- distructiv adj (causing destruction; damaging)
- distrugător adj (causing destruction; damaging)
Russian
1 entries- разруши́тельный adj (causing destruction; damaging)
Sanskrit
1 entries- हिंस्र adj (causing destruction; damaging)
Scottish Gaelic
3 entries- millteach adj (causing destruction; damaging)
- sgriosach adj (causing destruction; damaging)
- sgriosail adj (causing destruction; damaging)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- dȅstruktīvan adj (causing destruction; damaging)
- rázōran adj (causing destruction; damaging)
- rùšilačkī adj (causing destruction; damaging)
- де̏структӣван adj (causing destruction; damaging)
Spanish
1 entries- destructivo adj (causing destruction; damaging)
Swedish
2 entries- destruktiv adj (causing destruction; damaging)
- destruktiv adj (causing breakdown)
Tagalog
2 entries- mapangwasak adj (causing destruction; damaging)
- mapanira adj (causing destruction; damaging)
Turkish
2 entries- tahripkâr adj (causing destruction; damaging)
- yıkıcı adj (causing destruction; damaging)
Ukrainian
2 entries- деструктивний adj (causing destruction; damaging)
- руйнівний adj (causing destruction; damaging)
Vietnamese
2 entries- huỷ diệt adj (causing destruction; damaging)
- phá hoại adj (causing destruction; damaging)
Sample sentences
14 total sentences available.
Small children can be very destructive.
Source: tatoeba (267547)
Excessive drinking is destructive of our health.
Source: tatoeba (269512)
Uncontrolled, these forces may be dangerous and destructive, but once mastered they can be bent to man's will and desire.
Source: tatoeba (271254)
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