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harm

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Scrabble points
9
Words With Friends
9
Letters
4
Pronunciation
/hɑːm/
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/hɑːm/ · /hɑɹm/

Definition of harm

5 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)Physical injury; hurt; damage.
    “No harm came to my possessions.”
    “You can do a lot of harm to someone if you kick them in the teeth.”
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noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)Physical injury; hurt; damage.
    “No harm came to my possessions.”
    “You can do a lot of harm to someone if you kick them in the teeth.”
  2. (countable, uncountable)Emotional or figurative hurt.
    “Although not physically injured in the car accident, she received some psychological harm.”
    “And Vickers launched forth into a tirade very different from his platform utterances. He spoke with extreme contempt of the dense stupidity exhibited on all occasions by the working classes. He said that if you wanted to do anything for them, you must rule them, not pamper them. Soft heartedness caused more harm than good.”
  3. (countable, uncountable)Detriment; misfortune.
    “I wish him no harm.”
  4. (countable, uncountable)That which causes injury, damage, or loss.
    “We, ignorant of ourselves, / Beg often our own harms.”

verb

  1. To damage, hurt, or injure something, usually an inanimate object.
    “Will justice and conscience of society not be harmed if people avoid the truth?”

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Etymology

From Middle English harm, herm, from Old English hearm, from Proto-West Germanic *harm, from Proto-Germanic *harmaz (“harm; shame; pain”). Cognate with Dutch harm (“harm”), German Harm (“harm”), Danish harme (“indignation, resentment”), Icelandic harmur (“sorrow, grief”), Swedish harm (“anger, indignation, harm”).

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