| abuse |
cruel or harmful treatment. [1/4 definitions] |
| accident |
an event that happens by chance, especially a harmful one. [1/2 definitions] |
| addict |
a person who depends on something, such as a drug, that is usually harmful and cannot be easily given up. [1/3 definitions] |
| adverse |
producing harmful effects. [1/3 definitions] |
| affect1 |
to have a harmful impact on. [1/4 definitions] |
| antiseptic |
cleansed of harmful microorganisms. [2/4 definitions] |
| antisocial |
opposed or harmful to the values, institutions, or laws of an organized society. [1/3 definitions] |
| bacterium |
singular form of "bacteria." Bacteria are tiny living things made up of one cell each. Bacteria live in most living things and in all parts of the earth. Most bacteria are useful to people, but some are harmful because they can cause disease. |
| bad |
not healthy; harmful. [1/5 definitions] |
| baneful |
causing or leading to death, destruction, or ruin; harmful or deadly. |
| calumniate |
to make harmful and false statements about (someone). |
| calumnious |
of or containing harmful untruths; slanderous; defamatory. |
| calumny |
a harmful statement, known by the maker to be false. [1/2 definitions] |
| compunction |
regret for doing something wrong or harmful; contrition. [1/2 definitions] |
| consumerism |
a movement that attempts to protect consumers from defective or harmful goods and services and from unfair business practices such as deceptive advertising. [1/2 definitions] |
| contagion |
a harmful and spreading influence. [1/4 definitions] |
| contaminate |
to ruin, infect, or make dirty by touching or adding something harmful. |
| crib-biting |
the habit of horses to bite at wood, as of a stall or feed trough, and swallow harmful amounts of air while doing so. |
| cyst |
a small pouch within body tissue that is filled with fluid or air. Some cysts are connected with serious disease, but most are not harmful at all. |
| danger |
a chance or likelihood that something bad or harmful may happen; peril; risk. [1/2 definitions] |
| deleterious |
harmful or injurious, as to health. |