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

In addition to The Social Reckoning, there’s the forthcoming Artificial, where Andrew Garfield plays Sam Altman, and the procedural Cupertino about how people have been harmed by big tech. — Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 9 Oct. 2026

He was hospitalized and survived – as did the child, who wasn’t physically harmed or known to officers at the time, DHS said. — Sarah Matusek, Christian Science Monitor, 9 Oct. 2026

He was not harmed, but his mother took him to a hospital to get evaluated, the aunt said. — Kerry Burke, New York Daily News, 8 Oct. 2026

Abrego Garcia, who had been living in Maryland with his family, was mistakenly deported to El Salvador in March 2025, despite a judge's 2019 order that blocked his deportation to the country on the grounds that he could be harmed by local gangs. — CBS News, 6 Oct. 2026

Along those lines, Crouse observed that one group or another was inevitably going to be harmed by the NCAA’s decision. — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 5 Oct. 2026

Religion has harmed many; people fear proselytizing; soul language can sound fuzzy or exclusionary; literary culture prizes the secular and intellectual. — Literary Hub, 5 Oct. 2026

It could be attributed to the fawn stress response, in which a survivor may appease or try to maintain peace with the person who harmed them, Cutter said. — Dalia Faheid, CNN Money, 4 Oct. 2026

Sympathize with those who have been harmed, and who were damaged by that harm. — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 2 Oct. 2026