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

State and local prosecutors would be able to sue chatbot operators for violating the measures, as well as parents or guardians of children who are harmed by companies that don’t follow them. — Stephen Hobbs, Sacbee.com, 1 Aug. 2026

There is more attention paid to buildings collapsing than to the actual people being harmed. — Jasmine Vojdani, Vulture, 1 Aug. 2026

Archbishop McKnight would like to encourage anyone who may have been harmed by Fr. — Judy L. Thomas, Kansas City Star, 31 July 2026

Maybe someone harmed Zelig in another location and then moved his car to the trailhead. — Dateline Nbc, NBC news, 30 July 2026

Salas has regained his value this season after back troubles previously harmed it, and adding him makes sense because the Twins absolutely need catchers at, or near the top of, the farm system. — Dan Hayes, New York Times, 30 July 2026

Police said the break-in occurred early Saturday while Barkley’s home was occupied; Barkley and his family were not physically harmed. — Dan Zaksheske Outkick, FOXNews.com, 30 July 2026

Earlier this week, tariffs on certain Brazilian goods also took effect under a different legal authority after the administration determined Brazil’s policies had harmed US commerce. — Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN Money, 25 July 2026

These groups have committed vandalism and harmed people, but not one of the four has carried out an attack that led to any fatalities. — Jason M. Blazakis, The Conversation, 22 July 2026