English Online Dictionary. What means harmful? What does harmful mean?
English
Alternative forms
- harmfull (archaic)
Etymology
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.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈhɑːmfl̩/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈhɑɹmfl̩/
Adjective
harmful (comparative harmfuller or more harmful, superlative harmfullest or most harmful)
- of a kind likely to be damaging; injurious
Synonyms
- injurious; see also Thesaurus:harmful
Antonyms
- beneficial
- harmless
Derived terms
- harmfully
- harmfulness
Collocations
Translations
See also
- harm