harmfulness en · NOUN
Etymology
Etymology tree English harmful Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English harmfulness From harmful + -ness.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) The characteristic of being harmful.
Once his word was pledged, he was safe: otherwise there was no limit to his capacity for wilful harmfulness.
1922, Edith Wharton, chapter 8, in The Glimpses of the Moon:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| harmfulnesses | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
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Translations (12)
ga urchóideacht (the characteristic of being harmful) · de Schädlichkeit (the characteristic of being harmful) · ja 有害 (the characteristic of being harmful) · ro nocivitate (the characteristic of being harmful) · pt nocividade (the characteristic of being harmful) · la nocivum (the characteristic of being harmful) · tr zararlılık (the characteristic of being harmful) · es nocividad (the characteristic of being harmful) · ru вре́дность (the characteristic of being harmful) · it nocività (the characteristic of being harmful) · it nocevolezza (the characteristic of being harmful) · fr nocivité (the characteristic of being harmful)