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harm

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of harm

something that causes loss or pain

you were lucky to survive the fire without harm

no harm in trying

Synonyms of harm

affliction, damage, detriment, hurt, injury

Words Related to harm

disservice, injustice, outrage, wrong

affront, dart, indignity, insult, offense (or offence)

beating, crippling, mayhem, mutilation

defacement, disability, disablement, disfigurement, impairment

rupture, strain

abrasion, chafe, scrape, scratch

boo-boo, bruise, contusion, swelling, wound

bump, concussion

cut, gash, laceration

burn, scald, scar, scathe, sear

Near Antonyms of harm

healing, recovery

cure, fix, remedy

harm

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of harm

1 to cause bodily damage to

though she wasn't harmed by the flying glass, she slipped and fell on a piece and cut her hand

Synonyms of harm

damage, hurt, injure, wound

Words Related to harm

batter, bloody, blow out, bruise, contuse, cut, gash, gore, lacerate, scald, scar, scathe, strain, tear

crease, graze, nick

cripple, hamstring, lame, maim, mangle, mutilate

abuse, aggrieve, afflict, maltreat, torment, torture

blemish, impair, mar, scrape, spoil

Near Antonyms of harm

cure, fix, heal, mend, remedy

2 to reduce the soundness, effectiveness, or perfection of

the company's reputation has been harmed by allegations of crooked accounting

Synonyms of harm

blemish, bloody, break, compromise, crab, cripple, cross (up), damage, deface, disfigure, endamage, flaw, hurt, impair, injure, mar, spoil, vitiate

Words Related to harm

deteriorate, enervate, enfeeble, undermine, weaken

erode, scour, wash out, wear (away)

blight, tarnish

dent, ding, dint

botch, gum (up), queer

lacerate, wound

disable, hamstring, lame, maim, mangle, mutilate, torment, torture

annihilate, bang up, bash, batter, clobber, crush, dash, decimate, demolish, desolate, destroy, devastate, do in, pulverize, raze, ruin, scourge, shatter, smash, tear down, total, waste, wipe out, wreck

Near Antonyms of harm

cure, heal, help, rectify, rehabilitate, remedy

edit, remodel, revise

ameliorate, better, enhance, enrich, improve, meliorate, perfect, refine

Antonyms of harm

doctor, fix, mend, patch, rebuild, recondition, reconstruct, renovate, repair, revamp

Synonym Discussion of harm

injure, harm, hurt, damage, impair, mar mean to affect injuriously. injure implies the inflicting of anything detrimental to one's looks, comfort, health, or success.

- badly injured in an accident

harm often stresses the inflicting of pain, suffering, or loss.

- careful not to harm the animals

hurt implies inflicting a wound to the body or to the feelings.

- hurt by their callous remarks

damage suggests injury that lowers value or impairs usefulness.

- a table damaged in shipping

impair suggests a making less complete or efficient by deterioration or diminution.

- years of smoking had impaired his health

mar applies to injury that spoils perfection (as of a surface) or causes disfigurement.

- the text is marred by many typos

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