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Synonyms for detrimental
ˌdɛ trəˈmɛn tldetri·men·tal
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detrimentaladjective
Causing damage or harm.
Smoking tobacco can be detrimental to your health.
Antonyms:
beneficial
English Synonyms and Antonyms
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, unwholesomeAntonyms:
advantageous, beneficent, beneficial, favorable, good, healthful, helpful, invigorating, life-giving, profitable, rejuvenating, salutary, serviceable, useful, wholesome
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
detrimental
Synonyms:
injurious, hurtful, perniciousAntonyms:
beneficial, profitable, augmentative
Princeton's WordNet
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, damagingAntonyms:
harmless
Dictionary of English Synonymes
detrimentaladjective
Synonyms:
injurious, hurtful, mischievous, pernicious, prejudicial
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "detrimental":
harmful, damaging, prejudicial, adverse, negative, injurious, deleterious, pernicious, unfavourable, disadvantageous, noxious, disastrous, unfavorable, destructive, disruptive, bad
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#841 | bad | |
#2605 | negative | |
#3009 | evil | |
#5680 | adverse | |
#9200 | deadly | |
#9672 | harmful | |
#9718 | foul | |
#13351 | destructive | |
#14517 | damaging | |
#20371 | detrimental | |
#20864 | disruptive | |
#22839 | disastrous | |
#24683 | poisonous | |
#27323 | unfavorable | |
#31651 | noxious | |
#41054 | prejudicial | |
#42095 | injurious | |
#42256 | mischievous | |
#43999 | deleterious | |
#48711 | pernicious | |
#51861 | unfavourable | |
#54344 | hurtful | |
#84995 | ruinous | |
#96594 | disadvantageous | |
#101921 | unwholesome | |
#132519 | baneful | |
#177128 | perverting | |
#196741 | unhealthful | |
#227568 | noisome | |
#264537 | pestilential |
How to use detrimental in a sentence?
If we didn't make our bond payment it would be detrimental (to everyone), including us, this would reduce the ratings for everybody else in the state of New Jersey.
E-cigarettes are probably less detrimental to our health than tobacco cigarettes, but there is still a lot we don't know.
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.
President Biden has turned his back on Texans living along the border, and FEMA's refusal to declare a federal emergency at the border puts their health, safety, and property at risk, the State of Texas is appealing this detrimental decision by FEMA because the Biden Administration's refusal to solve the crisis at our border has led to a strain on local, state, and federal resources.
At almost every single point in our city's history, racism has taken a devastating toll on the health and well-being of our residents of color – especially those who are Black, without formally acknowledging this detrimental impact, we will never be able to move forward as a city and fully provide our communities with the resources they need to live happy and healthy lives.
Translations for detrimental
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- ضارArabic
- вреден, увреждащBulgarian
- skadeligDanish
- abträglich, schädlichGerman
- dañinoSpanish
- haitallinen, vahingollinenFinnish
- nuisible, néfasteFrench
- ártalmasHungarian
- dannosoItalian
- 有害, 損なう, 害Japanese
- 해롭다Korean
- schadelijkDutch
- skadeligNorwegian
- danoso, prejudicialPortuguese
- vătămător, dăunătorRomanian
- вредный, вредоносныйRussian
- skadligSwedish
- హానికరంగాTelugu
- zararlıTurkish
- 不利Chinese
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