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

Instead people voted with their wallets and not a single person was harmed except maybe some marketing guys getting a tongue lashing. — Joe Kinsey Outkick, FOXNews.com, 4 July 2026

Point by point, O’Donnell debunks the arguments in A Sudden Flicker of Light, David Thomson’s new book about how cinema has harmed society. — Boris Kachka, The Atlantic, 3 July 2026

Together, these efforts reflect concerted efforts to protect large corporations from consumers’ claims that products have harmed them and to prevent states from holding companies accountable when federal regulation falls short. — Sarah J. Morath, The Conversation, 2 July 2026

Everyone will be harmed if political hacks start using the powers OMB wants to give them—Lysenkoism is an example from history that makes that clear. — ArsTechnica, 2 July 2026

The abrupt dismantling of USAID has already harmed both vulnerable communities and America’s standing in Africa. — W. Gyude Moore, semafor.com, 2 July 2026

There are plenty of examples of teens who have been harmed by their use of social media. — Larry Magid, Mercury News, 2 July 2026

At the time of its passing, state officials had expressed concerns about how students’ wellbeing could be harmed because of excessive phone use or cause distractions in their learning. — Paris Barraza, USA Today, 1 July 2026

The incident occurred on Venice Boulevard and Abbot Kinney Boulevard, ABC7 stated, noting that Sadie was not harmed in the crash. — Escher Walcott, PEOPLE, 1 July 2026