harmful, adj.
causing or capable of causing harm
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harmful
sample sentences
"too much sun is harmful to the skin""harmful effects of smoking"
semantic pointers
also see
destructive
disadvantageous, unfavorable, unfavourable
malign
noxious
offensive
painful
toxic
unwholesome
similar to
abusive
bad
bruising
deleterious, hurtful, injurious
calumniatory, calumnious, defamatory, denigrative, denigrating, denigratory, libellous, libelous, slanderous
catastrophic, ruinous
counterproductive
damaging, prejudicial, detrimental, prejudicious
ill
insidious, pernicious, subtle
mischievous
nocent
stabbing, wounding