harmful
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 15
- Words With Friends
- 17
- Letters
- 7
/ˈhɑːmfl̩/
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/ˈhɑːmfl̩/ · /ˈhɑɹmfl̩/
Definition of harmful
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
adj
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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.”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
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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