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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Harmful \Harm"ful\ (h[aum]rm"f[.u]l), adjective Full of harm; injurious; hurtful; mischievous. '' Most harmful hazards.'' --Strype. --{Harm"ful*ly}, adverb -- {Harm"ful*ness}, noun
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
harmful
adjective
1: injurious to physical or mental health; "noxious chemical wastes"; "noxious ideas" [syn: {noxious}] [ant: {innocuous}]
2: able or likely to do harm
3: causing or capable of causing harm; "too much sun is harmful to the skin"; "harmful effects of smoking" [ant: {harmless}]
4: constituting a disadvantage [syn: {disadvantageous}] [ant: {advantageous}]
5: contrary to your interests or welfare; "adverse circumstances"; "made a place for themselves under the most untoward conditions" [syn: {adverse}, {inauspicious}, {untoward}]
6: tending to cause great harm [syn: {evil}, {injurious}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
102 Moby Thesaurus words for "harmful": adverse, antagonistic, bad, bad for, baleful, baneful, bitchy, conflicting, contaminated, contrary, corroding, corrosive, corrupting, corruptive, counter, counteractive, counterproductive, cussed, damaging, dangerous, deadly, deleterious, destructive, detrimental, difficult, disadvantageous, disserviceable, distressing, evil, foul, hard, hateful, hazardous, hostile, hurtful, ill, in opposition, inimical, iniquitous, injurious, insalubrious, insanitary, invidious, lethal, malefic, maleficent, malevolent, malicious, malign, malignant, mean, mischievous, miserable, morbific, nasty, noisome, not easy, noxious, ominous, opposed, opposing, opposite, ornery, pathogenic, peccant, pernicious, pestiferous, poisonous, polluted, prejudicial, rigorous, risky, scatheful, septic, sinister, stressful, tainted, toxic, troublesome, troublous, trying, unadvantageous, unfavorable, unhealthful, unhealthy, unhygienic, unprofitable, unrewarding, unsafe, unsanitary, untoward, unwholesome, useless, venenate, veneniferous, venenous, venomous, vicious, virulent, wicked, worthless, wretched
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