Synonyms of harmed

harmed 1 of 2

adjective

as in hurt

Related Words

• hurt
• injured
• damaged
• broken
• impaired
• spoiled
• crippled
• disfigured
• blemished
• marred
• vitiated
• inadequate
• fallible
• insufficient
• defaced
• wanting
• incomplete
• deficient
• defective
• imperfect
• flawed
• faulty
• amiss
• bad

Dissimilar Words

• perfect
• intact
• entire
• whole
• complete
• flawless
• impeccable
• faultless
• unimpaired
• undamaged
• unspoiled
• unblemished

harmed

2 of 2

verb

past tense of harm

1

as in damaged

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 & Similar Words

• damaged
• injured
• wounded
• hurt
• bruised
• scarred
• tortured
• blew out
• battered
• afflicted
• mutilated
• maimed
• lacerated
• crippled
• grazed
• tormented
• bloodied
• impaired
• gored
• scalded
• abused
• tore
• aggrieved
• creased
• nicked
• mangled
• hamstrung
• strained
• maltreated
• contused
• cut
• scathed
• gashed
• marred
• laid up
• scraped
• lamed
• spoiled
• blemished

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• cured
• fixed
• healed
• remedied
• mended

2

as in injured

to reduce the soundness, effectiveness, or perfection of

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• damaged
• injured
• marred
• hurt
• compromised
• crippled
• weakened
• impaired
• eroded
• destroyed
• spoiled
• broke
• disfigured
• undermined
• flawed
• ruined
• crossed (up)
• defaced
• blemished
• vitiated
• bloodied
• wounded
• shattered
• deteriorated
• crabbed
• battered
• endamaged
• tarnished
• wrecked
• wore (away)
• enfeebled
• tortured
• demolished
• washed out
• blighted
• devastated
• dented
• enervated
• disabled
• smashed
• maimed
• mutilated
• scoured
• tormented
• crushed
• wasted
• annihilated
• botched
• decimated
• lacerated
• pulverized
• mangled
• wiped out
• hamstrung
• totaled
• clobbered
• razed
• lamed
• dinged
• gummed (up)
• bashed
• desolated
• scourged
• dinted
• tore down
• dashed
• queered
• did in
• banged up

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• repaired
• rebuilt
• fixed
• helped
• reconstructed
• cured
• renovated
• healed
• mended
• doctored
• rehabilitated
• patched
• revamped
• remedied
• rectified
• reconditioned
• improved
• revised
• edited
• enhanced
• remodeled
• enriched
• refined
• perfected
• ameliorated
• bettered
• meliorated

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of harmed

Verb

Meaningful change usually doesn’t happen until a disabled person has been harmed. — Maribeth Romslo, Rolling Stone, 1 Nov. 2026

Mosey said that historically many shelters, including Whiskers Pet Rescue, would not let black cats get adopted around Halloween over fears they could be harmed or be used maliciously. — Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 30 Oct. 2026

Detectives are looking into whether any other children could have been harmed. — Sally Krutzig, Idaho Statesman, 30 Oct. 2026

The plaintiffs sued in 2023, alleging that endless scrolling, Snapstreaks and other features on social media platforms kept them hooked and harmed their mental health. — Mary Cunningham, CBS News, 28 Oct. 2026

The court ruled in a 5-to-4 vote that the National Trust for Historic Preservation, a nonprofit chartered by Congress, did not have the legal grounds to bring its lawsuit because the persons in question were not directly harmed by the project. — Hikmat Mohammed, ARTnews.com, 26 Oct. 2026

Survivors can face public skepticism and harassment in speaking up; oftentimes they are blamed for the violence that harmed them. — Michele Decker, Washington Post, 26 Oct. 2026

Experts worry that means Americans may be broadly harmed by the thefts, not just the AI industry. — Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 26 Oct. 2026

The options were slightly harmed grout or a nail polish splatter painting on my floor. — Jenny Hughes, The Spruce, 24 Oct. 2026