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Synonyms for harmful
ˈhɑrm fəlharm·ful
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Wiktionary
harmfuladjective
Synonyms:
injuriousAntonyms:
beneficial, harmlessharmfuladjective
of a kind likely to be damaging; injurious
Wear a hat to protect your skin from harmful sunlight.
Synonyms:
injuriousAntonyms:
harmless, beneficial
English Synonyms and Antonyms
harmful
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, detrimental, evil, foul, hurtful, injurious, insalubrious, mischievous, noisome, noxious, pernicious, perverting, pestiferous, pestilential, poisonous, ruinous, unhealthful, unwholesomeAntonyms:
advantageous, beneficent, beneficial, favorable, good, healthful, helpful, invigorating, life-giving, profitable, rejuvenating, salutary, serviceable, useful, wholesome
Princeton's WordNet
Editors Contribution
vulnerable
full of harm
the harmful truth vignesh must tell shugale
Submitted by asimahmed on April 3, 2020
Dictionary of English Synonymes
harmfuladjective
Synonyms:
injurious, detrimental, mischievous, pernicious, deleterious, noxious, baneful, prejudicial, disadvantageous, hurtful
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
harmfuladjective
Synonyms:
injurious, pernicious, detrimental, baneful, noxious, prejudicial, deleterious, ruinous, hurtful
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "harmful":
detrimental, damaging, injurious, adverse, deleterious, noxious, prejudicial, pernicious, hazardous, dangerous, negative, pests, nuisance, pest, destructive, bad, toxic, unhealthy, nefarious, malicious, disruptive, counterproductive
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Words popularity by usage frequency
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#841 | bad | |
#2605 | negative | |
#3009 | evil | |
#4178 | dangerous | |
#5680 | adverse | |
#5700 | hazardous | |
#6660 | toxic | |
#8315 | pest | |
#9200 | deadly | |
#9672 | harmful | |
#9718 | foul | |
#13351 | destructive | |
#13639 | malicious | |
#14517 | damaging | |
#16876 | pests | |
#18349 | nuisance | |
#20371 | detrimental | |
#20864 | disruptive | |
#23834 | unhealthy | |
#24683 | poisonous | |
#31651 | noxious | |
#41054 | prejudicial | |
#42095 | injurious | |
#42256 | mischievous | |
#43999 | deleterious | |
#46197 | counterproductive | |
#48360 | nefarious | |
#48711 | pernicious | |
#54344 | hurtful | |
#84995 | ruinous | |
#101921 | unwholesome | |
#132519 | baneful | |
#177128 | perverting | |
#196741 | unhealthful | |
#227568 | noisome | |
#264537 | pestilential |
How to use harmful in a sentence?
The algorithms which power social media platforms as well as Amazon's recommendations are not designed to distinguish quality information from misinformation or misleading information, and as a result harmful anti-vaccine messages have been able to thrive and spread, every online platform, including Amazon, must act responsibly and ensure that they do not contribute to this growing public health catastrophe.
The trade stuff is anti-growth and harmful to the U.S. outlook, he's an utterly unpredictable political element at this point.
These figures showing that six people die of melanoma every day in the U.K. really drive home the importance of sun safety, we all need to take steps to protect ourselves from the sun’s harmful UV rays.
In large amounts, alcohol can overwhelm the gut, promoting intestinal inflammation and increasing harmful bacteria … (which) can lead to a wide range of health problems.
Misinformation can be harmful because it may lead people to try to end their pregnancies in an unsafe way, potentially exposing them to serious bodily harm. While people can self-manage their abortions in a safe way, spreading misinformation about unsafe methods of abortion is incredibly dangerous.
Translations for harmful
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- шко́дныBelarusian
- nociuCatalan, Valencian
- škodlivýCzech
- skadeligDanish
- schädlichGerman
- dañino, perjudicial, nocivoSpanish
- vahingollinenFinnish
- nuisible, dangereuxFrench
- díobhálachIrish
- skaðlegurIcelandic
- dannosoItalian
- 有害Japanese
- schadelijkDutch
- skadeligNorwegian
- szkodliwyPolish
- danoso, nocivo, prejudicialPortuguese
- вредныйRussian
- škodljiv, škodan, štetanSerbo-Croatian
- skadligSwedish
- హానికరమైనTelugu
- zararlıTurkish
- шкідливийUkrainian
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