harm

[hahrm]

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noun

physical injury or mental damage; hurt: to do him bodily harm.
moral injury; evil; wrong.

verb (used with object)

to do or cause harm to; injure; damage; hurt: to harm one's reputation.

Origin of harm

before 900; Middle English; Old English hearm; cognate with German Harm, Old Norse harmr

Related formsharm·er, nounself-harm·ing, adjectiveun·harmed, adjectiveun·harm·ing, adjective

Synonyms

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3. maltreat, abuse.

Synonym study

1, 2. See damage.

Antonyms

1. benefit. 3. help.

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Examples from the Web for harmer

Contemporary Examples

Harmer added the drone “looks very similar to an Iranian Mohajer-4.”
ISIS: We Nabbed an Iranian Drone
Jacob Siegel
November 17, 2014
“Everything North Korean missile engineers figure out about Scuds, within three months the Iranians know about it,” Harmer said.
The Syria-North Korea Scud Missile Link
Eli Lake
December 14, 2012

Historical Examples

I never do, and Harmer has to blue-pencil my copy mercilessly.
Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1907 to 1908
Lucy Maud Montgomery
See here, do you mean to say you are making fun of Fairy Harmer?
Prudence Says So
Ethel Hueston
The conduct of the troops under Harmer was stigmatized as disgraceful.
Washington and the American Republic, Vol. 3.
Benson J. Lossing
But, you see, Mr Harmer, Im not going to try to do anything literary.
The Exiles of Faloo
Barry Pain
He (Mr. Harmer) could not help replying, ‘Hang your sympathy; give me your vote.’
Yarmouth Notes
Frederick Danby Palmer

British Dictionary definitions for harmer

harm

noun

physical or mental injury or damage
moral evil or wrongdoing

verb

(tr) to injure physically, morally, or mentally

Derived Formsharmer, noun

Word Origin

Old English hearm; related to Old Norse harmr grief, Old High German harm injury, Old Slavonic sramǔ disgrace

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Word Origin and History for harmer

harm

v.

Old English hearmian "to hurt" (see harm (n.)). It has ousted Old English skeþþan "scathe" in all but a few senses. Related: Harmed; harming.

harm

n.

Old English hearm "hurt, evil, grief, pain, insult," from Proto-Germanic *harmaz (cf. Old Saxon harm, Old Norse harmr, Old Frisian herm "insult; pain," Old High German harm, German Harm "grief, sorrow, harm"), from PIE *kormo- "pain."

Idioms and Phrases with harmer

harm

see do one wrong (harm); out of harm's way.

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Examples from the Web for harmer

Contemporary Examples

Harmer added the drone “looks very similar to an Iranian Mohajer-4.”

“Everything North Korean missile engineers figure out about Scuds, within three months the Iranians know about it,” Harmer said.

Historical Examples

I never do, and Harmer has to blue-pencil my copy mercilessly.

See here, do you mean to say you are making fun of Fairy Harmer?

The conduct of the troops under Harmer was stigmatized as disgraceful.

But, you see, Mr Harmer, Im not going to try to do anything literary.

He (Mr. Harmer) could not help replying, ‘Hang your sympathy; give me your vote.’

harm

Word Origin

Word Origin and History for harmer

harm

v.

harm

n.

Idioms and Phrases with harmer

harm

Origin of harm