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Adjectives (10)
harmful
adj. causing or capable of causing harm; "too much sun is harmful to the skin"; "harmful effects of smoking"
harmful
adj. able or likely to do harm
disadvantageous
adj. constituting a disadvantage
noxious
adj. injurious to physical or mental health; "noxious chemical wastes"; "noxious ideas"
hostile
adj. characterized by enmity or ill will; "a hostile nation"; "a hostile remark"; "hostile actions"
evil, injurious
adj. tending to cause great harm
inauspicious, adverse, untoward
adj. contrary to your interests or welfare; "adverse circumstances"; "made a place for themselves under the most untoward conditions"
Fuzzynyms (78)
annihilative, devastating
adj. wreaking or capable of wreaking complete destruction; "possessing annihilative power"; "a devastating hurricane"; "the guns opened a withering fire"
poisonous, toxicant
adj. having the qualities or effects of a poison
unhealthy
adj. not in or exhibiting good health in body or mind; "unhealthy ulcers"
unhealthful, unhealthy, insalubrious
adj. detrimental to health
bad
adj. having undesirable or negative qualities; "a bad report card"; "his sloppy appearance made a bad impression"; "a bad little boy"; "clothes in bad shape"; "a bad cut"; "bad luck"; "the news was very bad"; "the reviews were bad"; "the pay is bad"; "it was a bad light for reading"; "the movie was a bad choice"
bad, speculative, risky, insecure, high-risk
adj. not financially safe or secure; "a bad investment"; "high risk investments"; "anything that promises to pay too much can't help being risky"; "speculative business enterprises"
bad
adj. not financially safe or secure; "a bad investment"; "high risk investments"; "anything that promises to pay too much can't help being risky"; "speculative business enterprises"
deadly, pestilent, baneful, pernicious
adj. exceedingly harmful
skulking, sneak, surreptitious, stealthy, furtive, hole-and-corner, hole-in-corner, sneaky, underhand
adj. marked by quiet and caution and secrecy; taking pains to avoid being observed; "a furtive manner"; "a sneak attack"; "stealthy footsteps"; "a surreptitious glance at his watch"
malevolent, malicious
adj. having the nature of or resulting from malice; "malicious gossip"; "took malicious pleasure in...watching me wince"- Rudyard Kipling
discriminatory, invidious
adj. containing or implying a slight or showing prejudice; "discriminatory attitudes and practices"; "invidious comparisons"
malignant
adj. dangerous to health; characterized by progressive and uncontrolled growth (especially of a tumor)
fatal, fateful
adj. having momentous consequences; of decisive importance; "that fateful meeting of the U.N. when...it declared war on North Korea"- Saturday Rev; "the fatal day of the election finally arrived"
mortal, deadly, deathly
adj. causing or capable of causing death; "a fatal accident"; "a deadly enemy"; "mortal combat"; "a mortal illness"
somber, sombre, serious
adj. (unplayful)
poisonous, toxicant
adj. having the qualities or effects of a poison
unhealthy
adj. not in or exhibiting good health in body or mind; "unhealthy ulcers"
unhealthful, unhealthy, insalubrious
adj. detrimental to health
fell, savage, vicious, barbarous, roughshod, brutal, cruel
adj. (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering; "a barbarous crime"; "brutal beatings"; "cruel tortures"; "Stalin's roughshod treatment of the kulaks"; "a savage slap"; "vicious kicks"
negative
adj. expressing or consisting of a negation or refusal or denial
bad
adj. having undesirable or negative qualities; "a bad report card"; "his sloppy appearance made a bad impression"; "a bad little boy"; "clothes in bad shape"; "a bad cut"; "bad luck"; "the news was very bad"; "the reviews were bad"; "the pay is bad"; "it was a bad light for reading"; "the movie was a bad choice"
critical
adj. marked by a tendency to find and call attention to errors and flaws; "a critical attitude"
unfortunate, unlucky
adj. causing negative effects
damaging, detrimental, prejudicial, prejudicious, detrimental to
adj. (sometimes followed by `to') causing harm or injury; "damaging to career and reputation"; "the reporter's coverage resulted in prejudicial publicity for the defendant"
ill, inimical
adj. indicating hostility or enmity; "you certainly did me an ill turn"; "ill feelings"; "ill will"
counter, antagonistic
adj. indicating opposition or resistance
opponent, opposing, antagonistic, antipathetic, antipathetical, opposed
adj. characterized by antagonism or antipathy; "slaves antagonistic to their masters"; "antipathetic factions within the party"
deadly, pestilent, baneful, pernicious
adj. exceedingly harmful
Synonyms (47)
destructive
adj. causing destruction or much damage; "a policy that is destructive to the economy"; "destructive criticism"
disadvantageous, harmful
adj. constituting a disadvantage
malign
adj. evil or harmful in nature or influence; "prompted by malign motives"; "believed in witches and malign spirits"; "gave him a malign look"; "a malign lesion"
harmful, noxious
adj. injurious to physical or mental health; "noxious chemical wastes"; "noxious ideas"
offensive
adj. causing anger or annoyance; "offensive remarks"
painful
adj. causing physical or psychological pain; "worked with painful slowness"
toxic
adj. of or relating to or caused by a toxin or poison; "suffering from exposure to toxic substances"
unwholesome
adj. detrimental to physical or moral well-being; "unwholesome food"; "unwholesome habits like smoking"
breakneck
adj. moving at very high speed; "a breakneck pace"
dodgy, chancy, chanceful, dicey, hazardous, risky
adj. of uncertain outcome; especially fraught with risk; "an extremely dicey future on a brave new world of liquid nitrogen, tar, and smog"- New Yorker
heroic, desperate
adj. (of persons) dangerously reckless or violent as from urgency or despair; "a desperate criminal"; "taken hostage of desperate men"
venturesome, venturous, hazardous
adj. involving risk or danger; "skydiving is a hazardous sport"; "extremely risky going out in the tide and fog"; "a wild financial scheme"
insidious
adj. intended to entrap
on the hook
adj. caught in a difficult or dangerous situation; "there I was back on the hook"
precarious, parlous, perilous, touch-and-go
adj. fraught with danger; "dangerous waters"; "a parlous journey on stormy seas"; "a perilous voyage across the Atlantic in a small boat"; "the precarious life of an undersea diver"; "dangerous surgery followed by a touch-and-go recovery"
self-destructive, suicidal
adj. dangerous to yourself or your interests; "suicidal impulses"; "a suicidal corporate takeover strategy"; "a kamikaze pilot"
unreliable, treacherous
adj. dangerously unstable and unpredictable; "treacherous winding roads"; "an unreliable trestle"
inexpedient
adj. not suitable or advisable; "an inexpedient tactic"
harmful
adj. causing or capable of causing harm; "too much sun is harmful to the skin"; "harmful effects of smoking"
inopportune
adj. not opportune; "arrived at a most inopportune hour"; "an inopportune visit"
harmful
adj. causing or capable of causing harm; "too much sun is harmful to the skin"; "harmful effects of smoking"
toxic
adj. of or relating to or caused by a toxin or poison; "suffering from exposure to toxic substances"
unwholesome
adj. detrimental to physical or moral well-being; "unwholesome food"; "unwholesome habits like smoking"
bad
adj. "in bad repute"
unfortunate, unlucky
adj. causing negative effects
malignant
adj. dangerous to health; characterized by progressive and uncontrolled growth (especially of a tumor)
malignant
adj. dangerous to health; characterized by progressive and uncontrolled growth (especially of a tumor)
hostile
adj. marked by features that oppose constructive treatment or development; "not able to accomplish much in such a hostile environment"
disapproving
adj. expressing or manifesting disapproval
discriminatory, invidious
adj. containing or implying a slight or showing prejudice; "discriminatory attitudes and practices"; "invidious comparisons"
Antonyms (17)
harmless
adj. not causing or capable of causing harm; "harmless bacteria"; "rendered the bomb harmless"
wholesome
adj. conducive to or characteristic of physical or moral well-being; "wholesome attitude"; "wholesome appearance"; "wholesome food"
advantageous
adj. giving an advantage; "a contract advantageous to our country"; "socially advantageous to entertain often"
good, beneficial
adj. promoting or enhancing well-being; "an arms limitation agreement beneficial to all countries"; "the beneficial effects of a temperate climate"; "the experience was good for her"
expedient
adj. serving to promote your interest; "was merciful only when mercy was expedient"
harmless, innocuous
adj. not injurious to physical or mental health
wholesome
adj. conducive to or characteristic of physical or moral well-being; "wholesome attitude"; "wholesome appearance"; "wholesome food"
curative, healing, remedial, alterative, sanative, therapeutic
adj. tending to cure or restore to health; "curative powers of herbal remedies"; "her gentle healing hand"; "remedial surgery"; "a sanative environment of mountains and fresh air"; "a therapeutic agent"; "therapeutic diets"
favorable, favourable
adj. encouraging or approving or pleasing; "a favorable reply"; "he received a favorable rating"; "listened with a favorable ear"; "made a favorable impression"
harmful
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