harm en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- audio Connecticut
- /hɑɹm/ (Canada, General-American)
- /hɑːm/ (Received-Pronunciation)
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- (Texas) audio
- /hɐːm/ (Australia, New-Zealand)
Etymology
From Middle English harm, herm, from Old English hearm, from Proto-West Germanic *harm, from Proto-Germanic *harmaz (“harm; shame; pain”). Cognate with Dutch harm (“harm”), German Harm (“harm”), Danish harme (“indignation, resentment”), Icelandic harmur (“sorrow, grief”), Swedish harm (“anger, indignation, harm”).
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) Physical injury; hurt; damage.
You can do a lot of harm to someone if you kick them in the teeth.
No harm came to my possessions.
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(countable, uncountable) Emotional or figurative hurt.
And Vickers launched forth into a tirade very different from his platform utterances. He spoke with extreme contempt of the dense stupidity exhibited on all occasions by the working classes. He said that if you wanted to do anything for them, you must rule them, not pamper them. Soft heartedness caused more harm than good.
1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XIII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:Although not physically injured in the car accident, she received some psychological harm.
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(countable, uncountable) Detriment; misfortune.
I wish him no harm.
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(countable, uncountable) That which causes injury, damage, or loss.
We, ignorant of ourselves, / Beg often our own harms.
c. 1606–1607 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Anthonie and Cleopatra”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i]:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| harms | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| harme | alternative | lexicographic |
Translations (114)
fi vahinko (injury; hurt; damage) · bg зло (that which causes injury, damage, or loss) · et kahju (injury; hurt; damage) · fo skaði (injury; hurt; damage) · hi घाव (injury; hurt; damage) · nl schade (injury; hurt; damage) · cmn 損害 /损害 (injury; hurt; damage) · kk залал (injury; hurt; damage) · th ความเสียหาย (injury; hurt; damage) · fr dommage (injury; hurt; damage) · hu ártalom (injury; hurt; damage) · mr ईजा (injury; hurt; damage) · ca mal (that which causes injury, damage, or loss) · ota زیان (injury; hurt; damage) · ka ვნება (injury; hurt; damage) · eo damaĝo (injury; hurt; damage) · is skaði (injury; hurt; damage) · ca dany (injury; hurt; damage) · it male (injury; hurt; damage) · io domajo (injury; hurt; damage) · la noxia (injury; hurt; damage) · kk зиян (injury; hurt; damage) · fi vahinko (that which causes injury, damage, or loss) · hi अपकार (injury; hurt; damage) · ms mudarat (injury; hurt; damage) · bg пакост (injury; hurt; damage) · af skade (injury; hurt; damage) · la noxa (injury; hurt; damage) · it svantaggio (that which causes injury, damage, or loss) · eu zauri (injury; hurt; damage) · de Schaden (injury; hurt; damage) · sh повреда (injury; hurt; damage) · ta கெடுதல் (injury; hurt; damage) · ta நஷ்டம் (injury; hurt; damage) · fr tort (injury; hurt; damage) · lb Schued (injury; hurt; damage) · bho नुकसान (injury; hurt; damage) · ga dochar (injury; hurt; damage) · pl szkoda (injury; hurt; damage) · txb karep (injury; hurt; damage) · el βλάβη (injury; hurt; damage) · fa آسیب (injury; hurt; damage) · am ጉዳት (injury; hurt; damage) · da skade (injury; hurt; damage) · hi चोट (injury; hurt; damage) · lv kaitējums (injury; hurt; damage) · zza zerar (injury; hurt; damage) · pt dano (injury; hurt; damage) · ga urchóid (injury; hurt; damage) · pl krzywda (injury; hurt; damage) · ml ഉപദ്രവം (injury; hurt; damage) · haw pōpilikia (injury; hurt; damage) · sh штета (injury; hurt; damage) · ka ზიანი (injury; hurt; damage) · ang hearm (injury; hurt; damage) · uk шко́да (injury; hurt; damage) · sh šteta (injury; hurt; damage) · haw māino (injury; hurt; damage) · sm leaga (injury; hurt; damage) · vec sbrégo (injury; hurt; damage) · ka ზარალი (injury; hurt; damage) · nv atéʼélį́ (injury; hurt; damage) · it danno (that which causes injury, damage, or loss) · sh povreda (injury; hurt; damage) · fi haitta (that which causes injury, damage, or loss) · ga díobháil (injury; hurt; damage) · scn firita (injury; hurt; damage) · bg вреда (injury; hurt; damage) · lv ievainojums (injury; hurt; damage) · ko 해 (injury; hurt; damage) · ar ضَرَرٌ (injury; hurt; damage) · he נזק (injury; hurt; damage) · tr zarar (injury; hurt; damage) · be шко́да (injury; hurt; damage) · ch dañu (injury; hurt; damage) · oc dam (injury; hurt; damage) · hy վնաս (injury; hurt; damage) · az zərər (injury; hurt; damage) · tr hasar (injury; hurt; damage) · eu kalte (injury; hurt; damage) · kk зарар (injury; hurt; damage) · ru уще́рб (injury; hurt; damage) · gl dano (injury; hurt; damage) · mk штета (injury; hurt; damage) · ota مضرت (injury; hurt; damage) · br droug (injury; hurt; damage) · pt mal (injury; hurt; damage) · pt mal (that which causes injury, damage, or loss) · sk poškodenie (injury; hurt; damage) · lv bojājums (injury; hurt; damage) · sa द्रुह् (injury; hurt; damage) · zza derb (injury; hurt; damage) · ga anachain (injury; hurt; damage) · it ferita (injury; hurt; damage) · ast dañu (injury; hurt; damage) · tr incinme (injury; hurt; damage) · it danno (injury; hurt; damage) · ru поврежде́ние (injury; hurt; damage) · eo malutilo (detriment; misfortune) · eo malbono (injury; hurt; damage) · ms keburukan (injury; hurt; damage) · fr mal (injury; hurt; damage) · ta நாசம் (injury; hurt; damage) · tr ziyan (injury; hurt; damage) · zza ziyan (injury; hurt; damage) · sco skaith (injury; hurt; damage) · ota ضرر (injury; hurt; damage) · vi hại (injury; hurt; damage) · bcl uragan (that which causes injury, damage, or loss) · io nocuro (injury; hurt; damage) · ru вред (injury; hurt; damage) · bcl uragan (injury; hurt; damage) · bn সদমা (injury; hurt; damage) · cs poškození (injury; hurt; damage)