| Adj. | 1. | harmful - injurious to physical or mental health; "noxious chemical wastes"; "noxious ideas"harmful - causing or capable of causing harm; "too much sun is harmful to the skin"; "harmful effects of smoking" toxic - of or relating to or caused by a toxin or poison; "suffering from exposure to toxic substances" unwholesome - detrimental to physical or moral well-being; "unwholesome food"; "unwholesome habits like smoking" | |
| 2. | harmful - able or likely to do harmdangerous, unsafe - involving or causing danger or risk; liable to hurt or harm; "a dangerous criminal"; "a dangerous bridge"; "unemployment reached dangerous proportions" | |
| 3. | harmful - causing or capable of causing harm; "too much sun is harmful to the skin"; "harmful effects of smoking"malign - evil or harmful in nature or influence; "prompted by malign motives"; "believed in witches and malign spirits"; "gave him a malign look"; "a malign lesion" destructive - causing destruction or much damage; "a policy that is destructive to the economy"; "destructive criticism" harmful, noxious - injurious to physical or mental health; "noxious chemical wastes"; "noxious ideas" offensive - causing anger or annoyance; "offensive remarks" painful - causing physical or psychological pain; "worked with painful slowness" toxic - of or relating to or caused by a toxin or poison; "suffering from exposure to toxic substances" unwholesome - detrimental to physical or moral well-being; "unwholesome food"; "unwholesome habits like smoking" harmless - not causing or capable of causing harm; "harmless bacteria"; "rendered the bomb harmless" | |
| 4. | harmful - constituting a disadvantageinexpedient - not suitable or advisable; "an inexpedient tactic" harmful - causing or capable of causing harm; "too much sun is harmful to the skin"; "harmful effects of smoking" inopportune - not opportune; "arrived at a most inopportune hour"; "an inopportune visit" | |
| 5. | harmful - contrary to your interests or welfare; "adverse circumstances"; "made a place for themselves under the most untoward conditions"unfavorable, unfavourable - not encouraging or approving or pleasing; "unfavorable conditions"; "an unfavorable comparison"; "unfavorable comments" | |
| 6. | harmful - tending to cause great harmmalign - evil or harmful in nature or influence; "prompted by malign motives"; "believed in witches and malign spirits"; "gave him a malign look"; "a malign lesion" | |