harmful
English edit
Alternative forms edit
- harmfull (archaic)
Etymology edit
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.
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈhɑːmfl̩/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈhɑɹmfl̩/
Audio (US) (file)
Adjective edit
harmful (comparative harmfuller or more harmful, superlative harmfullest or most harmful)
- Causing or likely to cause harm or damage; injurious.
- Wear a hat to protect your skin from harmful sunlight.
- Smoking is harmful to the lungs.
- Burning fossil fuels is harmful to the environment.
Synonyms edit
- injurious; see also Thesaurus:harmful
Antonyms edit
Derived terms edit
Collocations edit
with nouns
- harmful effect
- harmful consequence
- harmful impact
- harmful influence
- harmful emission
- harmful chemical
- harmful ingredient
- harmful substance
- harmful gas
- harmful agent
- harmful additive
- harmful drug
- harmful radiation
- harmful dust
- harmful organism
- harmful plant
- harmful animal
- harmful insect
- harmful action
- harmful act
- harmful behavior
- harmful component
- harmful content
- harmful activity
- harmful interference
- harmful use
Translations edit
likely to be damaging
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See also edit
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