Synonyms for detrimental
ˌdɛ trəˈmɛn tldetri·men·tal

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1. detrimentaladjective

   Causing damage or harm.

   Smoking tobacco can be detrimental to your health.

   Synonyms:
   harmful, injurious

   Antonyms:
   beneficial

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1. detrimental

   Pernicious (Latin per, through, and neco, kill) signifies having the power of destroying or injuring, tending to hurt or kill. Pernicious is stronger than injurious; that which is injurious is capable of doing harm; that which is pernicious is likely to be destructive. Noxious (Latin noceo, hurt) is a stronger word than noisome, as referring to that which is injurious or destructive. Noisome now always denotes that which is extremely disagreeable or disgusting, especially to the sense of smell; as, the noisome stench proclaimed the presence of noxious gases.

   Synonyms:
   bad, baneful, deadly, deleterious, destructive, evil, foul, harmful, hurtful, injurious, insalubrious, mischievous, noisome, noxious, pernicious, perverting, pestiferous, pestilential, poisonous, ruinous, unhealthful, unwholesome

   Antonyms:
   advantageous, beneficent, beneficial, favorable, good, healthful, helpful, invigorating, life-giving, profitable, rejuvenating, salutary, serviceable, useful, wholesome

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1. detrimental

   Synonyms:
   injurious, hurtful, pernicious

   Antonyms:
   beneficial, profitable, augmentative

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1. damaging, detrimental, prejudicial, prejudiciousadjective

   (sometimes followed by `to') causing harm or injury

   "damaging to career and reputation"; "the reporter's coverage resulted in prejudicial publicity for the defendant"

   Synonyms:
   negative, prejudicial, prejudicious, damaging

   Antonyms:
   harmless

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1. detrimentaladjective

   Synonyms:
   injurious, hurtful, mischievous, pernicious, prejudicial

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1. List of paraphrases for "detrimental":

   harmful, damaging, prejudicial, adverse, negative, injurious, deleterious, pernicious, unfavourable, disadvantageous, noxious, disastrous, unfavorable, destructive, disruptive, bad

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1. Anthony Fauci:

   We have to admit it that mixed message in the beginning, even though it was well meant, to allow masks to be available to help workers, that was detrimental in getting the message across right now, no doubt about it.

2. The Mexican Foreign ministry:

   Anyone who understands the depth of the U.S.-Mexico relationship realizes that those proposals are not only prejudiced and absurd, but would be detrimental to the well-being of both societies.

3. Van Horn:

   I have to imagine that that would generally speaking be detrimental to landlords.

4. Emma Goldman:

   It is safe to say that no other superstition is so detrimental to growth, so enervating and paralyzing to the minds and hearts of the people, as the superstition of Morality.

5. Tekeda Alemu:

   At a time when IGAD is at a very critical moment ... the adoption of the draft resolution tabled before us will be detrimental to the process. It is a very, very tragic development indeed.