Dictionary

harmful en · ADJ

Pronunciation

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• /ˈhɑːmfl̩/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈhɑɹmfl̩/ (General-American)

Etymology

From Middle English harmful, from Old English *hearmful (suggested by hearmfullīċ (“harmful; hurtful”)), equivalent to harm + -ful. Cognate with German harmvoll, Danish harmfuld, Swedish harmfull.

Meanings

1. Causing or likely to cause harm or damage; injurious.
   • Burning fossil fuels is harmful to the environment.
   • Smoking is harmful to the lungs.
   • Wear a hat to protect your skin from harmful sunlight.

Forms

Antonyms

harmless · beneficial · helpful · innoxious · valuable · undamaging · innocuous · innocent · unharmful · inoffensive

Deriveds

harmfulness · harmfully · unharmful · nonharmful

Hyponyms

poisonous · baneful · unhealthful · pernicious · insalubrious · malignant · unhealthy · unwholesome · toxic · lethal · deadly

Relateds

harm · disastrous

Synonyms

deleterious · hurtful · inimical · sullen · harmful · nocent · scathand · prejudicial · noxious · injurious · nocuous · damaging · mischievous · noisome · detrimental · scathel · venom

Translations (106)

mi whakakino (likely to be damaging) · fa مضر (likely to be damaging) · gl perxudicial (likely to be damaging) · ga dochrach (likely to be damaging) · pdt schätlich (likely to be damaging) · bg пакостен (likely to be damaging) · sh škȍdan (likely to be damaging) · sh шко̀дљив (likely to be damaging) · fi haitallinen (likely to be damaging) · ca nociu (likely to be damaging) · tk zyýanly (likely to be damaging) · uk шкідли́вий (likely to be damaging) · ro păgubitor (likely to be damaging) · ga aimhleasach (likely to be damaging) · fr préjudiciable (likely to be damaging) · cs škodlivý (likely to be damaging) · ast nocivu (likely to be damaging) · hu kártékony (likely to be damaging) · uk вадли́вий (likely to be damaging) · hy վնասակար (likely to be damaging) · be шкадлі́вы (likely to be damaging) · ro prejudiciabil (likely to be damaging) · be шко́дны (likely to be damaging) · de schädlich (likely to be damaging) · sl škodljiv (likely to be damaging) · bg вреден (likely to be damaging) · sh škòdljiv (likely to be damaging) · es perjudicial (likely to be damaging) · pl szkodliwy (likely to be damaging) · sh štȅtan (likely to be damaging) · kmr ziyanbexş (likely to be damaging) · ru вредоно́сный (likely to be damaging) · tr zararlı (likely to be damaging) · id berbahaya (likely to be damaging) · la nocuus (likely to be damaging) · is skaðlegur (likely to be damaging) · pt danoso (likely to be damaging) · fi vahingollinen (likely to be damaging) · la noxius (likely to be damaging) · pt prejudicial (likely to be damaging) · az zərərli (likely to be damaging) · ms berbahaya (likely to be damaging) · hi घातक (likely to be damaging) · fr nuisible (likely to be damaging) · sv skadlig (likely to be damaging) · te హానికరమైన (likely to be damaging) · ro dăunător (likely to be damaging) · pt daninho (likely to be damaging) · ka მავნე (likely to be damaging) · nrf niêsibl'ye (likely to be damaging) · hi अपकारी (likely to be damaging) · es perjudicador (likely to be damaging) · ga olcach (likely to be damaging) · ru вре́дный (likely to be damaging) · cmn 有害 (likely to be damaging) · ka საზიანო (likely to be damaging) · hi अहितकर (likely to be damaging) · ar ضَارّ (likely to be damaging) · hi हानिकारक (likely to be damaging) · ar مُضِرّ (likely to be damaging) · fr nocif (likely to be damaging) · hy վնասաբեր (likely to be damaging) · izh vrednoi (likely to be damaging) · ast dañible (likely to be damaging) · it dannoso (likely to be damaging) · mk штетен (likely to be damaging) · be шкоднасны (likely to be damaging) · es lesivo (likely to be damaging) · ga olc (likely to be damaging) · pt nocivo (likely to be damaging) · ro nociv (likely to be damaging) · ast malín (likely to be damaging) · ro vătămător (likely to be damaging) · sh ште̏тан (likely to be damaging) · ur مضر (likely to be damaging) · ga díobhálach (likely to be damaging) · sh шко̏дан (likely to be damaging) · bn ক্ষতিকারক (likely to be damaging) · fr dangereux (likely to be damaging) · tl nakasasama (likely to be damaging) · jv mbebayani (likely to be damaging) · cmn 不良 (likely to be damaging) · ga urchóideach (likely to be damaging) · ga damáisteach (likely to be damaging) · tl mapaminsala (likely to be damaging) · ko 유해한 (likely to be damaging) · bn ক্ষতিকর (likely to be damaging) · ga biniúil (likely to be damaging) · it nocivo (likely to be damaging) · ja 有害な (likely to be damaging) · az ziyankar (likely to be damaging) · grc βλαπτικός (likely to be damaging) · ro stricător (likely to be damaging) · hu káros (likely to be damaging) · nl schadelijk (likely to be damaging) · tl nakapipinsala (likely to be damaging) · ga mímhaitheasach (likely to be damaging) · da skadelig (likely to be damaging) · ru зловре́дный (likely to be damaging) · no skadelig (likely to be damaging) · sk škodlivý (likely to be damaging) · ko 해로운 (likely to be damaging) · grc δηλητήριος (likely to be damaging) · tl nakasisira (likely to be damaging) · ga éigineáil (likely to be damaging) · mi whakawhara (likely to be damaging)