harmful

Pronunciation: /ˈhɑːmfl̩/

The English word “harmful” has 1 meaning listed here.

adjective

Causing or likely to cause harm or damage; injurious.

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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