harmful
Etymology
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Etymology
From Middle English harmful, from Old English *hearmful (suggested by hearmfullīċ ("harmful; hurtful")), equivalent to harm + -ful.
Cognate with German harmvoll, Danish harmfuld, Swedish harmfull.
Pronunciation Adjectiveharmful (comparative harmfuller, superlative harmfullest)
- Causing or likely to cause harm or damage; injurious.
- Wear a hat to protect your skin from harmful sunlight.
- Smoking is harmful to the lungs.
- Burning fossil fuels is harmful to the environment.
- injurious; see also Thesaurus:harmful
- French: dangereux, nuisible, nocif, préjudiciable
- German: schädlich
- Italian: dannoso, nocivo
- Portuguese: prejudicial, nocivo, danoso, daninho
- Russian: вре́дный
- Spanish: perjudicial, dañino, nocivo, dañoso
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