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Harm

/hɑːm/

Physical injury; hurt; damage

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📖 Definitions of "Harm"

noun

1
Physical injury; hurt; damage
"No harm came to my possessions."
2
Emotional or figurative hurt
"Although not physically injured in the car accident, she received some psychological harm."
3
Detriment; misfortune.
"I wish him no harm."
4
That which causes injury, damage, or loss.

verb

1
To cause injury to another; to hurt; to cause damage to something.

🔄 Synonyms of "Harm"

6 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
hurtverb	(transitive, intransitive) To cause (a person or animal) physical pain and/or injury.
scathenoun	(countable, uncountable) Damage, harm, hurt, injury.
traumanoun	An emotional wound leading to psychological injury.
impairmentnoun	A disability or handicap.
damagenoun	Injury or harm; the condition or measure of something not being intact.
injurynoun	Damage to the body of a living thing.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Harm"

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
damagenoun	Injury or harm; the condition or measure of something not being intact.
scathenoun	(countable, uncountable) Damage, harm, hurt, injury.
hurtverb	(transitive, intransitive) To cause (a person or animal) physical pain and/or injury.
traumanoun	An emotional wound leading to psychological injury.
injurynoun	Damage to the body of a living thing.
impairmentnoun	A disability or handicap.
tortnoun	(law) A wrongful act, whether intentional or negligent, regarded as non-criminal and unrelated to a contract, which causes an injury and can be remedied in civil court, usually through the awarding of damages.
scourgenoun	(figurative) A source of persistent (and often widespread) pain and suffering or trouble, such as a cruel ruler, disease, pestilence, or war.
afflictverb	(transitive) To cause (someone) pain, suffering or distress.
injureverb	(transitive) To wound or cause physical harm to a living creature.
painnoun	(countable and uncountable) An ache or bodily suffering, or an instance of this; an unpleasant sensation, resulting from a derangement of functions, disease, or injury by violence; hurt.
damaged	That has suffered damage.
hurtingnoun	A sensation that hurts.
detrimentnoun	Harm, hurt, damage.
damaging	Causing damage; harmful, injurious.
maimverb	To wound seriously; to cause permanent loss of function of a limb or part of the body.
injurious	Causing physical harm or injury; harmful, hurtful.
detrimentalnoun	Causing damage or harm.
maimingnoun	The act by which somebody is maimed.
sorenoun	Causing pain or discomfort; painfully sensitive.