Синоним слова harmful

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1. harmful

   Pernicious (Latin per, through, and neco, kill) signifies having the power of destroying or injuring, tending to hurt or kill. Pernicious is stronger than injurious; that which is injurious is capable of doing harm; that which is pernicious is likely to be destructive. Noxious (Latin noceo, hurt) is a stronger word than noisome, as referring to that which is injurious or destructive. Noisome now always denotes that which is extremely disagreeable or disgusting, especially to the sense of smell; as, the noisome stench proclaimed the presence of noxious gases.

   Synonyms:
   bad, baneful, deadly, deleterious, destructive, detrimental, evil, foul, hurtful, injurious, insalubrious, mischievous, noisome, noxious, pernicious, perverting, pestiferous, pestilential, poisonous, ruinous, unhealthful, unwholesome

   Antonyms:
   advantageous, beneficent, beneficial, favorable, good, healthful, helpful, invigorating, life-giving, profitable, rejuvenating, salutary, serviceable, useful, wholesome

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1. harmfuladjective

   causing or capable of causing harm

   «too much sun is harmful to the skin»; «harmful effects of smoking»

   Antonyms:
   harmless, innocent, innocuous

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1. List of paraphrases for «harmful»:

   detrimental, damaging, injurious, adverse, deleterious, noxious, prejudicial, pernicious, hazardous, dangerous, negative, pests, nuisance, pest, destructive, bad, toxic, unhealthy, nefarious, malicious, disruptive, counterproductive

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1. Ralph Northam:

   I could spare Democratic Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam from the difficult path that lies ahead. I could avoid an honest conversation about harmful actions from my past.

2. Nisha Varia:

   The Indonesian armed forces should recognise that harmful and humiliating ‘virginity tests’ on women recruits do nothing to strengthen national security, president Joko Widodo should set the military straight and immediately abolish the requirement and prevent all military hospitals from administering it.

3. Brian King:

   The findings reinforce that secondhand smoke is still a problem in this country. Half of middle school and high school students are exposed to something we know is harmful to their health and is completely preventable.

4. Patrick Stefano:

   In Philadelphia, at least 18 teachers who never set foot in a classroom last year received over $1.7 million from the school district while performing union work during school hours, another concern is that the district has no knowledge or control over what teachers are doing while on this type of leave — the teachers could be working toward goals that the district believes could be harmful to its operation.

5. Paul Ellis/AFP/Getty Images Harrington:

   We respect the right of anyone to hold views about our sport but we robustly condemn the reckless and potentially harmful actions of a handful of people in disrupting the race at a time when horses were in the parade ring, the Grand National is and always will be an iconic sporting event.

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