harmful

 
  Grep  of  noun  harmful 
  harmfulness 
 
  Overview  of  adj  harmful 
 
  The  adj  harmful  has  6  senses  (first  2  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (1)  noxious,  harmful  --  (injurious  to  physical  or  mental  health;  "noxious  chemical  wastes";  "noxious  ideas") 
  2.  (1)  harmful  --  (able  or  likely  to  do  harm) 
  3.  harmful  --  (causing  or  capable  of  causing  harm;  "too  much  sun  is  harmful  to  the  skin";  "harmful  effects  of  smoking") 
  4.  disadvantageous,  harmful  --  (constituting  a  disadvantage) 
  5.  adverse,  harmful,  inauspicious,  untoward  --  (contrary  to  your  interests  or  welfare;  "adverse  circumstances";  "made  a  place  for  themselves  under  the  most  untoward  conditions") 
  6.  evil,  harmful,  injurious  --  (tending  to  cause  great  harm) 
 
  Antonyms  of  adj  harmful 
 
  6  senses  of  harmful 
 
  Sense  1 
  noxious  (vs.  innocuous),  harmful 
 
 
  Sense  2 
  harmful 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  dangerous)  ->  safe 
 
  Sense  3 
  harmful  (vs.  harmless) 
 
  harmless  (vs.  harmful) 
  =>  innocent,  innocuous 
  =>  innocent,  innocuous 
  =>  inoffensive,  unoffending 
 
  Sense  4 
  disadvantageous  (vs.  advantageous),  harmful 
 
 
  Sense  5 
  adverse,  harmful,  inauspicious,  untoward 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  unfavorable)  ->  favorable,  favourable 
 
  Sense  6 
  evil,  harmful,  injurious 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  malign)  ->  benign,  benignant 
 
  Similarity  of  adj  harmful 
 
  6  senses  of  harmful 
 
  Sense  1 
  noxious  (vs.  innocuous),  harmful 
  =>  baneful,  deadly,  pernicious,  pestilent 
  =>  corrupting,  degrading 
  =>  vesicatory,  vesicant 
  Also  See->  harmful#3;  toxic#1;  unwholesome#1 
 
  Sense  2 
  harmful 
  =>  dangerous  (vs.  safe),  unsafe 
 
  Sense  3 
  harmful  (vs.  harmless) 
  =>  abusive 
  =>  bad 
  =>  bruising 
  =>  calumniatory,  calumnious,  defamatory,  denigrative,  denigrating,  denigratory,  libellous,  libelous,  slanderous 
  =>  catastrophic,  ruinous 
  =>  counterproductive 
  =>  damaging,  detrimental,  prejudicial,  prejudicious 
  =>  ill 
  =>  insidious,  pernicious,  subtle 
  =>  mischievous 
  =>  nocent 
  =>  stabbing,  traumatic,  wounding 
  =>  deleterious,  hurtful,  injurious 
  Also  See->  destructive#1;  disadvantageous#1,  harmful#4;  malign#1;  noxious#1,  harmful#1;  offensive#3;  painful#1;  toxic#1;  unwholesome#1 
 
  Sense  4 
  disadvantageous  (vs.  advantageous),  harmful 
  =>  minus,  negative 
  Also  See->  inexpedient#1;  harmful#3;  inopportune#1 
 
  Sense  5 
  adverse,  harmful,  inauspicious,  untoward 
  =>  unfavorable  (vs.  favorable),  unfavourable 
 
  Sense  6 
  evil,  harmful,  injurious 
  =>  malign  (vs.  benign) 
 
  Attributes  of  adj  harmful 
 
 
  Familiarity  of  adj  harmful 
 
  harmful  used  as  an  adjective  is  common  (polysemy  count  =  6) 
 
  Grep  of  adj  harmful 
  harmful 
 
  Overview  of  adj  harmful 
 
  The  adj  harmful  has  6  senses  (first  2  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (1)  noxious,  harmful  --  (injurious  to  physical  or  mental  health;  "noxious  chemical  wastes";  "noxious  ideas") 
  2.  (1)  harmful  --  (able  or  likely  to  do  harm) 
  3.  harmful  --  (causing  or  capable  of  causing  harm;  "too  much  sun  is  harmful  to  the  skin";  "harmful  effects  of  smoking") 
  4.  disadvantageous,  harmful  --  (constituting  a  disadvantage) 
  5.  adverse,  harmful,  inauspicious,  untoward  --  (contrary  to  your  interests  or  welfare;  "adverse  circumstances";  "made  a  place  for  themselves  under  the  most  untoward  conditions") 
  6.  evil,  harmful,  injurious  --  (tending  to  cause  great  harm) 

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