Deleterious

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Having a harmful effect; injurious: the deleterious effects of smoking.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. harmful often in a subtle or unexpected way (as for example deleterious effects, deleterious to health).
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Hurtful; noxious; destructive; pernicious
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Having the quality of destroying life; noxious; poisonous: as, a deleterious plant.
  • Hurtful in character or quality; injurious; pernicious; mischievous; unwholesome: as, a deleterious practice; deleterious food.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. harmful to living things
  • Equivalent
    harmful   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    hurtful    noxious    destructive    pernicious    harmful    see    also    injurious   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    delirious    imperious    mysterious    serious   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    detrimental    noxious    corrosive    harmful    mephitic    hurtful    beneficial    debilitate    toxic    carcinogenic