harmful

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
15
Words With Friends
17
Letters
7
Pronunciation
/ˈhɑːmfl̩/
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/ˈhɑːmfl̩/ · /ˈhɑɹmfl̩/

Definition of harmful

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. Causing or likely to cause harm or damage; injurious.
    “Wear a hat to protect your skin from harmful sunlight.”
    “Smoking is harmful to the lungs.”
    “Burning fossil fuels is harmful to the environment.”

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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.

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