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单词 harmful
释义

harmful

adjective

harm·​ful ˈhärm-fəl How to pronounce harmful (audio)
: of a kind likely to be damaging : injurious
harmfully
ˈhärm-fə-lē How to pronounce harmful (audio)
adverb
harmfulness noun

Synonyms

  • adverse
  • bad
  • baleful
  • baneful
  • damaging
  • dangerous
  • deleterious
  • detrimental
  • evil
  • hurtful
  • ill
  • injurious
  • mischievous
  • nocuous
  • noxious
  • pernicious
  • prejudicial
  • wicked
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Example Sentences

DDT has been proven to be extremely harmful to the environment.
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Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

harmful

adjective

harm·​ful ˈhärm-fəl How to pronounce harmful (audio)
: causing or capable of causing harm Keep harmful substances away from children.

Legal Definition

harmful

adjective

harm·​ful
: of a kind likely to cause harm

harmful

adjective

as in detrimental
causing or capable of causing harm DDT has been proven to be extremely harmful to the environment

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • detrimental
  • damaging
  • dangerous
  • adverse
  • bad
  • hazardous
  • poisonous
  • deleterious
  • injurious
  • pernicious
  • hurtful
  • noxious
  • evil
  • prejudicial
  • baneful
  • infectious
  • destructive
  • nocuous
  • mischievous
  • wicked
  • unsafe
  • ill
  • deadly
  • hostile
  • baleful
  • lethal
  • risky
  • threatening
  • infective
  • inimical
  • insidious
  • unfriendly
  • venomous
  • sinister
  • unhealthy
  • unhealthful
  • ominous
  • unwholesome
  • fatal
  • pestilential
  • contagious
  • menacing
  • perilous
  • pestiferous
  • pestilent
  • malignant
  • jeopardizing
  • ruinous
  • unsound
  • imperiling
  • nasty
  • noisome
  • killer
  • imperilling
  • parlous

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • harmless
  • beneficial
  • safe
  • benign
  • innocuous
  • useful
  • innocent
  • advantageous
  • favorable
  • inoffensive
  • good
  • anodyne
  • healthful
  • healthy
  • helpful
  • wholesome
  • salutary
  • propitious
  • curative
  • remedial
  • salubrious
  • hurtless
  • sound
  • palliative
  • secure
  • nontoxic
  • nonpoisonous
  • benignant
  • noncorrosive
  • noninfectious
  • nondestructive
  • nonlethal
  • nonfatal
  • nonpolluting
  • nonvenomous
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