harmful
English
Alternative forms
- harmfull (archaic)
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.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈhɑːmfl̩/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈhɑɹmfl̩/
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Adjective
harmful (comparative harmfuller or more harmful, superlative harmfullest or most harmful)
Synonyms
- injurious; see also Thesaurus:harmful
Antonyms
Derived terms
Collocations
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
likely to be damaging
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See also
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