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harmful

Divide harmful into syllables:

harm · ful

How to pronounce harmful:

Synonyms for harmful:

abusive
adverse
bad
baleful
baneful
bruising
calumniatory
calumnious
counterproductive
damaging
dangerous
defamatory
deleterious
denigrating
denigrative
denigratory
destructive
detrimental
disadvantageous
evil
hazardous
hostile
hurtful
ill
infectious
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Antonyms for harmful:

anodyne
benign
bland
creative
friendly
gentle
guiltless
harmless
hurtless
innocent
innocuous
innoxious
inoffensive
low-risk
meaningless
mild
non-dangerous
non-injurious
non-irritant
non-poisonous
non-toxic
non-violent
noncorrosive
nondestructive
nonfatal
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