harmful

Adjective

Meaning

Full of harm; injurious; hurtful; mischievous.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

injurious dangerous evil damaging destructive hazardous catastrophic detrimental malicious poisonous malignant deleterious crippling noxious ruinous
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Antonyms

harmless beneficial white beneficent good sound
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Phrases with the word

harmful substances harmful materials harmful words one believing vaccination is harmful harmful to health harmful debris

Examples

You need Power, only when you want to do something harmful otherwise Love is enough to get everything done. Charlie Chaplin

Never lie, but always tell the truth. For falsehood and deceit is the most harmful of all vices, and the customary work of the devil. Theophan the Recluse

Whatever we do or say without prayer always ends up either sinful or harmful and convicts us through the deeds in some mysterious way. Marcus Eremita

Unwanted meddling in affairs could prove harmful. Kashmir Proverb

A hatchet in the mouth is more harmful than a hatchet in the hand. Paraguayan Proverb

Anger is always more harmful than the insult that caused it. Chinese Proverb

Close letter words and terms

Harmening harmer Harmeyer harmful aspect harmful debris harmful diet