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harmful

[ hahrm-fuhl ]
/ ˈhɑrm fəl /
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adjective

causing or capable of causing harm; injurious: a harmful idea; a harmful habit.

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Words related to harmful

inimical, unhealthy, noxious, catastrophic, unsafe, pernicious, adverse, bad, disastrous, detrimental, painful, sinful, toxic, disadvantageous, ruinous, destructive, damaging, risky, baleful, baneful

Words nearby harmful

harlotry, harlow, harm, harm's way, harmattan, harmful, harmless, harmolodics, harmonia, harmonic, harmonic analysis

Origin of harmful

before 1000; Middle English; Old English hearmful. See harm, -ful

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British Dictionary definitions for harmful

harmful
/ (ˈhɑːmfʊl) /

adjective

causing or tending to cause harm; injurious

Derived forms of harmful

harmfully, adverbharmfulness, noun
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