harm

Meaning

Noun

1. Physical injury; hurt; damage.
2. Emotional or figurative hurt.
3. Detriment; misfortune.
4. That which causes injury, damage, or loss.

Verb

To damage, hurt, or injure something, usually an inanimate object.

Synonyms

damage

hurt

injury

injure

evil

loss

mischief

wound

impairment

spoil

detriment

ruin

trouble

disadvantage

danger

❗

mistreat

abuse

beat up

mar

spite

wrong

scathe

punish

impair

defect

prejudice

molest

flaw

hatred

imperfection

kill

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trauma

harass

torment

sickness

cause damage

pain

peril

mutilate

murder

destroy

vitiate

do harm

endanger

inconvenience

annoyance

bale

bother

break down

bruise

calamity

destruction

disable

disservice

disturb

failure

hazard

hindrance

hit

ill

🤢

ill-treat

ill-use

maleficence

malfunction

maltreat

misfortune

obstruct

overpower

plague

risk

spoiling

upset

wastage

worry

affect

inexpedience

envy

injured

injuring

enmity

insult

drawback

killing

lesion

lose

downside

maim

injuries

annoy

violence

do damage

maul

disablement

waste

mislead

mismanage

disability

mistreatment

misuse

deteriorate

delay

deface

noxiousness

nuisance

obstacle

wounds

offence

offend

oppose

oppress

oppression

commit an offense

overstrain

overtax

penalize

decrement

persecute

pervert

pest

pester

play dirty tricks

poison

decrease

cruelty

punished

rescue

revenge

non-welfare

cost

save

contaminate

set back

breakdown

soil

sorrow

bodily injury

blow

plotting against

stain

strain

strike

tear

tease

threat

do mischief

blight

tort

torture

touch

blame

betray

tumbler

unfavourableness

mixed nuisance

vandalize

vex

victimize

virus

be injurious to

vitiation

do hurt

woe

sore affliction

worrying

batter

wreck

bad habit

wrongdoing

attack

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do evil

do harm to

do violence to

do wrong

hinderance

make mischief

make sad

treat badly

treat cruelly

cause to suffer

harming

handicap

haunt

evil influence

hell

hinder

fail in doing

bad effect

grudge

damnification

assassinate

grief

feud

exasperate

impediment

err

impropriety

incapacitate

Pronounced as (IPA)

/hɑːm/

Etymology

From Middle English harm, herm, from Old English hearm, from Proto-West Germanic *harm, from Proto-Germanic *harmaz (“harm; shame; pain”). Cognate with Dutch harm (“harm”), German Harm (“harm”), Swedish harm (“anger, indignation, harm”), Icelandic harmur (“sorrow, grief”).