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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Deleterious \Del'e*te"ri*ous\, adjective [LL. deleterius noxious, Gr. dhlhth'rios, fr. dhlei^sqai to hurt, damage; prob. akin to L. delere to destroy.] Hurtful; noxious; destructive; pernicious; as, a deleterious plant or quality; a deleterious example. -- {Del'e*te"ri*ous*ly}, adverb -- {Del'e*te"ri*ous*ness}, noun
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
deleterious
adjective: harmful to living things; "deleterious chemical additives" [syn: {hurtful}, {injurious}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
46 Moby Thesaurus words for "deleterious": baleful, baneful, corroding, corrosive, corrupting, corruptive, counterproductive, damaging, deadly, destroying, destructive, detrimental, disadvantageous, disserviceable, distressing, harmful, hurtful, injurious, lethal, malefic, malevolent, malign, malignant, mischievous, noisome, noxious, ominous, pernicious, poisonous, prejudicial, ruining, ruinous, scatheful, toxic, unadvantageous, unfavorable, unprofitable, unrewarding, useless, venenate, veneniferous, venenous, venomous, vicious, virulent, worthless
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