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harmful definition
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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)
harmful definition
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