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Adjectives (7)

insidious, pernicious, subtle

adj. working or spreading in a hidden and usually injurious way; "glaucoma is an insidious disease"; "a subtle poison"

baneful, deadly, pernicious, pestilent

adj. exceedingly harmful

Fuzzynyms (82)

unwholesome

adj. detrimental to physical or moral well-being; "unwholesome food"; "unwholesome habits like smoking"

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, risky, high-risk, speculative

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, unfit, unsound

adj. physically unsound or diseased; "has a bad back"; "a bad heart"; "bad teeth"; "an unsound limb"; "unsound teeth"

baneful, deadly, pernicious, pestilent

adj. exceedingly harmful

furtive, sneak(a), sneaky, stealthy, surreptitious

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

adj. wishing or appearing to wish evil to others; arising from intense ill will or hatred; "a gossipy malevolent old woman"; "failure made him malevolent toward those who were successful"

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. controlled or decreed by fate; predetermined; "a fatal series of events"

deadly, deathly, mortal

adj. causing or capable of causing death; "a fatal accident"; "a deadly enemy"; "mortal combat"; "a mortal illness"

somber, sombre, serious

adj. (unplayful)

deadly, lethal

adj. of an instrument of certain death; "deadly poisons"; "lethal weapon"; "a lethal injection"

corrupt, corrupted

adj. containing errors or alterations; "a corrupt text"; "spoke a corrupted version of the language"

immoral

adj. deliberately violating accepted principles of right and wrong

evil

adj. morally bad or wrong; "evil purposes"; "an evil influence"; "evil deeds"

covert

adj. (of a wife) being under the protection of her husband; "a woman covert"

mortal(a)

adj. unrelenting and deadly; "mortal enemy"

poisonous, toxicant

adj. having the qualities or effects of a poison

unwholesome

adj. detrimental to physical or moral well-being; "unwholesome food"; "unwholesome habits like smoking"

deleterious, hurtful, injurious

adj. harmful to living things; "deleterious chemical additives"

prejudicial, prejudicious

adj. tending to favor preconceived ideas; "the presence of discriminatory or prejudicial attitudes in the white population"

bad

bad, risky, high-risk, speculative

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, unfit, unsound

adj. physically unsound or diseased; "has a bad back"; "a bad heart"; "bad teeth"; "an unsound limb"; "unsound teeth"

bad

adj. capable of harming; "bad air"; "smoking is bad for you"

insidious, pernicious, subtle

adj. working or spreading in a hidden and usually injurious way; "glaucoma is an insidious disease"; "a subtle poison"

fatal, fateful

adj. controlled or decreed by fate; predetermined; "a fatal series of events"

deadly, deathly, mortal

adj. causing or capable of causing death; "a fatal accident"; "a deadly enemy"; "mortal combat"; "a mortal illness"

somber, sombre, serious

adj. (unplayful)

harmful

adj. causing or capable of causing harm; "too much sun is harmful to the skin"; "harmful effects of smoking"

deadly, lethal

adj. of an instrument of certain death; "deadly poisons"; "lethal weapon"; "a lethal injection"

corrupt, corrupted

adj. containing errors or alterations; "a corrupt text"; "spoke a corrupted version of the language"

immoral

adj. deliberately violating accepted principles of right and wrong

evil

adj. morally bad or wrong; "evil purposes"; "an evil influence"; "evil deeds"

adverse, inauspicious, untoward

adj. contrary to your interests or welfare; "adverse circumstances"; "made a place for themselves under the most untoward conditions"

antagonistic, counter

adj. indicating opposition or resistance

opponent, opposing

adj. characterized by active hostility; "opponent (or opposing) armies"

poisonous, toxicant

adj. having the qualities or effects of a poison

Synonyms (28)

abusive

adj. characterized by physical or psychological maltreatment; "abusive punishment"; "argued...that foster homes are abusive"

bad

adj. capable of harming; "bad air"; "smoking is bad for you"

deleterious, hurtful, injurious

adj. harmful to living things; "deleterious chemical additives"

calumniatory, calumnious, defamatory, denigrative, denigrating, denigratory, libellous, libelous, slanderous

adj. (used of statements) harmful and often untrue; tending to discredit or malign

cataclysmal, cataclysmic

adj. severely destructive; "cataclysmic nuclear war"; "a cataclysmic earthquake"

catastrophic, ruinous

adj. extremely harmful; bringing physical or financial ruin; "a catastrophic depression"; "catastrophic illness"; "a ruinous course of action"

counterproductive

adj. tending to hinder the achievement of a goal

prejudicial, prejudicious

adj. tending to favor preconceived ideas; "the presence of discriminatory or prejudicial attitudes in the white population"

mischievous

adj. deliberately causing harm or damage; "mischievous rumors and falsehoods"

nocent

adj. having a tendency to cause harm

stabbing, wounding

adj. causing physical or especially psychological injury; "a stabbing remark"; "wounding and false charges of disloyalty"

corrupting, degrading

adj. harmful to the mind or morals; "corrupt judges and their corrupting influence"; "the vicious and degrading cult of violence"

distasteful

adj. not pleasing in odor or taste

Antonyms (4)

healthful

adj. conducive to good health of body or mind; "a healthful climate"; "a healthful environment"; "healthful nutrition"; "healthful sleep"; "Dickens's relatively healthful exuberance"

salubrious

adj. favorable to health of mind or body; "not the most salubrious campsite"; "one of the less salubrious suburbs"

beneficial, good

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"

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