Words That Mean Harmful
Damage of different kinds: pernicious works slowly, noxious poisons, deleterious is the clinical word for it.
6 words
- Deleteriousadjective
harmful to living things
- Inimicaladjective
not friendly
- Insidiousadjective
working or spreading in a hidden and usually injurious way
- Noxiousadjective
injurious to physical or mental health
- Perniciousadjective
working or spreading in a hidden and usually injurious way
- Virulentadjective
extremely poisonous or injurious; producing venom
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A word’s meaning sharpens against its opposite. These sets are the ones worth holding beside harmful.