harmful

Causing or likely to cause harm or damage; injurious.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈhɑːmfl̩/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: harmful

Inherited from Old English: *hearmful

Cognate with German: harmvoll

Cognate with Danish: harmfuld

Cognate with Swedish: harmfull

In summary

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.

Synonyms

injurious

bad

👎

damaging

noxious

detrimental

dangerous

hurtful

evil

deleterious

treacherous

perilous

unsafe

hazardous

prejudicial

maleficent

mischievous

risky

malicious

adventuresome

adventurous

noisome

poisonous

rash

wicked

wild

baleful

malign

malignant

formidable

pestiferous

hurtable

adverse

cruel

pernicious

baneful

fearful

😨

unhealthy

rabid

pestilent

fierce

unfavorable

unprofitable

unwholesome

vicious

violent

wrong

wrongful

damnific

ihjurious

woundingly

Translations

nocivo

nocivo

nuisible

dannoso

schädlich

pericoloso

perjudicial

schadelijk

arriscado

niebezpieczny

perigoso

gevaarlijk

link

hachelijk

nocif