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- pronunciation:
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- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective)
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adjective |
| definition: |
harmful or injurious, as to health.
Smoking has a deleterious effect on one's health.- synonyms:
- bad, damaging, harmful, injurious, insalubrious, noisome, noxious, unwholesome
- antonyms:
- beneficial, benign, noninjurious, salutary
- similar words:
- baneful, dangerous, destructive, detrimental, hurtful, inimical, malignant, pernicious, toxic, unhealthy, virulent
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| related words: |
evil, ill, injurious |
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| derivations: |
deleteriously (adv.), deleteriousness (n.) |
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