deleterious[adjective]Synonyms: harmful, damaging, detrimental, hurtful, injurious, mischievous, nocent, nocuous, prejudicial, prejudicious
Antonyms: salutary
Contrasted words: advantageous, profitable, healthful, healthy, salubrious, wholesome
Related Words: destroying,
destructive,
ruining,
ruinous [TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
del‧e‧ter‧i‧ous /ˌdeləˈtɪəriəs◂, ˌdelɪˈtɪəriəs◂ $ -ˈtɪr-/
adjective formal[
Date: 1600-1700;
Language: Medieval Latin;
Origin: deleterius, from Greek deleisthai 'to hurt']
damaging or harmful
Synonym : detrimental:
the deleterious effects of smoking [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲