harmful

English

Alternative forms

• harmfull (archaic)

Etymology

From harm +‎ -ful.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈhɑːmfl̩/

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Adjective

harmful (comparative harmfuller or more harmful, superlative harmfullest or most harmful)

1. of a kind likely to be damaging; injurious

   Wear a hat to protect your skin from harmful sunlight.

Usage notes

• Nouns to which "harmful" is often applied: effect, consequence, impact, influence, emission, chemical, ingredient, substance, gas, agent, additive, drug, radiation, dust, organism, plant, animal, insect, action, act, behavior, component, content, activity, interference, use.

Synonyms

• injurious; see also Wikisaurus:harmful

Antonyms

• beneficial
• harmless

Translations

likely to be damaging

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 有害 (cmn) (yǒuhài), 不良 (cmn) (bùliáng)

• Czech: škodlivý (cs) m
• Danish: skadelig (da)
• Dutch: schadelijk (nl)
• Finnish: vahingollinen (fi)
• French: dangereux (fr), nuisible (fr)
• German: schädlich (de)
• Icelandic: skaðlegur (is)
• Irish: díobhálach (ga)
• Italian: dannoso (it)

• Japanese: 有害な (ja) (ゆうがいな, yūgai-na)
• Jèrriais: niêsibl'ye m and f
• Norwegian: skadelig (no)
• Polish: szkodliwy (pl)
• Russian: вредный (ru) (vrédnyj)
• Serbo-Croatian: škodljiv (sh), škodan (sh), štetan (sh)
• Spanish: perjudicial (es), dañino (es), nocivo (es)
• Swedish: skadlig (sv)
• Telugu: హానికరమైన (te) (haanikaramaina)
• Turkish: zararlı (tr)
• Ukrainian: шкідливий (uk) (škidlývyj)

See also

• harm