harmfulness

Noun

Meaning

the quality of being noxious

destructiveness that causes harm or injury

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

injuriousness noxiousness noisomeness poisonousness water air badness damage dangerous danger harm contamination hazard detriment malignancy

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Antonyms

harmlessness innocuousness

Hypernyms

morbidity morbidness destructiveness unwholesomeness

Hyponyms

virulence virulency insidiousness

Examples

I ask you to remember that the Japanese troops are a strictly disciplined force and perform their duties with as little harmfulness as possible. Sadao Araki

I myself smoke, but my wife asked me to speak today on the harmfulness of tobacco, so what can I do? If it's tobacco, then let it be tobacco. Anton Chekhov

I never write about CIA conspiracies or the FBI or mafia or anything like that because I just don't understand that world. But I think I do understand individual human harmfulness. Sophie Hannah

The quick-look became a popular way of disposing of cases where the conduct was in a grey area between illegality "per se" and demonstrable harmfulness under the "rule of reason". Source: Internet

As it turns out, TCM won’t be able to offer the much-awaited national debut of Paul Newman’s 1962 film “On the Harmfulness of Tobacco.” Source: Internet

Harm assessment A 2007 UK study ranked MDMA 18th in harmfulness out of 20 recreational drugs. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

harmful wreckage harmfull harmfully Harmi harmika harmin