What are some alternative words for deleterious?
Synonyms for deleterious
ˌdɛl ɪˈtɪər i əs
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Princeton's WordNet
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deleterious(adjective)
harmful often in a subtle or unexpected way (as for example deleterious effects, deleterious to health).
Synonyms:
harmful, noxious, injurious, pernicious, destructive, hurtful
English Synonyms and Antonyms
deleterious
Pernicious (Latin per, through, and neco, kill) signifies having the power of destroying or injuring, tending to hurt or kill. Pernicious is stronger than injurious; that which is injurious is capable of doing harm; that which is pernicious is likely to be destructive. Noxious (Latin noceo, hurt) is a stronger word than noisome, as referring to that which is injurious or destructive. Noisome now always denotes that which is extremely disagreeable or disgusting, especially to the sense of smell; as, the noisome stench proclaimed the presence of noxious gases.
Synonyms:
bad, baneful, deadly, destructive, detrimental, evil, foul, harmful, hurtful, injurious, insalubrious, mischievous, noisome, noxious, pernicious, perverting, pestiferous, pestilential, poisonous, ruinous, unhealthful, unwholesomeAntonyms:
advantageous, beneficent, beneficial, favorable, good, healthful, helpful, invigorating, life-giving, profitable, rejuvenating, salutary, serviceable, useful, wholesome
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
deleterious
Synonyms:
destructive, noxious, injurious, poisonous, perniciousAntonyms:
wholesome, nutritious, esculent, conservative, beneficial
Dictionary of English Synonymes
deleterious(a.)
Synonyms:
destructive, deadly, poisonous, noxiousdeleterious(a.)
Synonyms:
injurious, pernicious, hurtful, unwholesome
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
deleterious(a)
Synonyms:
hurtful, noxious, pernicious
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "deleterious":
harmful, noxious, detrimental, adverse, damaging, pernicious, negative, injurious, prejudicial
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#841 | bad | |
#2605 | negative | |
#3009 | evil | |
#5680 | adverse | |
#9200 | deadly | |
#9672 | harmful | |
#9718 | foul | |
#13351 | destructive | |
#14517 | damaging | |
#20371 | detrimental | |
#24683 | poisonous | |
#31651 | noxious | |
#41054 | prejudicial | |
#42095 | injurious | |
#42256 | mischievous | |
#43999 | deleterious | |
#48711 | pernicious | |
#54344 | hurtful | |
#84995 | ruinous | |
#101921 | unwholesome | |
#132519 | baneful | |
#177128 | perverting | |
#196741 | unhealthful | |
#227568 | noisome | |
#264537 | pestilential |
How to use deleterious in a sentence?
You can sometimes discover or explore taboos through porn that they can't in real life, the real issue is when it's kept a secret. Studies show that the main deleterious effect is not so much the content itself, but the shame and secrecy that contextualized its use.
There are rules about not smoking in enclosed restaurants and bars because that smoke can be deleterious to someone else's health, now we're in a situation where, if I'm infected with the Covid-19 virus, my breath can be lethal to someone else.
Stanford University scientists knew it wasn't going to be good, because there's a very firm scientific foundation showing all the deleterious effects of mouth breathing, from periodontal disease to metabolic disorders.
And then when they do get infected, given the social determinants of health which make it for them, have a higher incidence of diseases like hypertension, obesity, diabetes, they are at much greater risk of suffering the deleterious consequences including death.
It does say - on average - participation in football doesn't carry deleterious cognitive outcomes later in life.
Translations for deleterious
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- مؤذArabic
- вреденBulgarian
- deleteriCatalan, Valencian
- ŠkodlivéCzech
- skadeligDanish
- SchädlichGerman
- επιβλαβήςGreek
- deletéreoSpanish
- زیان آورPersian
- vahingollinenFinnish
- délétèreFrench
- sgriosailScottish Gaelic
- हानिकारकHindi
- károsHungarian
- MerusakIndonesian
- deleterioItalian
- מזיקHebrew
- 有害なJapanese
- 해로운Korean
- multipliciorLatin
- schadelijkDutch
- skadeligNorwegian
- szkodliwyPolish
- deletérioPortuguese
- deleter, vătămător, nocivRomanian
- вредный, вредоносныйRussian
- menlig, skadligSwedish
- தீங்குTamil
- విషతుల్యTelugu
- เป็นอันตรายThai
- zararlıTurkish
- ШкідливийUkrainian
- بے حدUrdu
- Có hạiVietnamese
- דעלעטעריאָוסYiddish
- 有害Chinese
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