dictionary definitions for "harmful"


From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [wn]:

  harmful
      adj 1: injurious to physical or mental health; "noxious chemical
             wastes"; "noxious ideas" [syn: noxious] [ant:
             innocuous]
      2: able or likely to do harm
      3: causing or capable of causing harm; "too much sun is harmful
         to the skin"; "harmful effects of smoking" [ant:
         harmless]
      4: constituting a disadvantage [syn: disadvantageous] [ant:
         advantageous]
      5: contrary to your interests or welfare; "adverse
         circumstances"; "made a place for themselves under the
         most untoward conditions" [syn: adverse, inauspicious,
          untoward]
      6: tending to cause great harm [syn: evil, injurious]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Harmful \Harm"ful\ (h[aum]rm"f[.u]l), a.
     Full of harm; injurious; hurtful; mischievous. " Most harmful
     hazards." --Strype. --Harm"ful*ly, adv. -- Harm"ful*ness,
     n.
     [1913 Webster]


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