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as a verb: - 1
harm
noun
1 harm
Any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc..
synonyms: hurt, injury, trauma.
Roget 829:
pleasurableness,
pleasantness,
agreeableness
etc.
adj.;
pleasure giving,
jucundity†,
delectability;
amusement
etc.
840.
attraction
etc.
(motive)
615;
attractiveness,
attractability†;
invitingness
etc.
adj.†;
harm,
fascination,
enchantment,
witchery,
seduction,
winning ways,
amenity,
amiability;
winsomeness.
loveliness
etc.
(beauty)
845;
sunny side,
bright side;
sweets
etc.
(sugar)
396;
goodness
etc.
648;
manna in the wilderness,
land flowing with milk and honey;
bittersweet;
fair weather.
treat;
regale
etc.
(physical pleasure)
377;
dainty;
titbit†,
tidbit;
nuts,
sauce piquante [Fr.].
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Roget 619:
evil,
ill,
harm,
hurt. ,
mischief,
nuisance;
machinations of the devil,
Pandora's box,
ills that flesh is heir to.
blow,
buffet,
stroke,
scratch,
bruise,
wound,
gash,
mutilation;
mortal blow,
wound;
immedicabile vulnus [Lat.];
damage,
loss
etc.
(deterioration)
659.
disadvantage,
prejudice,
drawback.
disaster,
accident,
casualty;
mishap
etc.
(misfortune)
735;
bad job,
devil to pay;
calamity,
bale,
catastrophe,
tragedy;
ruin
etc.
(destruction)
162;
adversity
etc.
735.
mental suffering
etc.
828.
demon
etc.
980.
(Evil spirit)
bane,
etc.
663
(cause of evil).
badness,
etc.
649
(Production of Evil);
painfulness,
etc.
830;
evil doer,
etc.
913.
outrage,
wrong,
injury,
foul play;
bad turn,
ill turn;
disservice,
spoliation
etc.
791;
grievance,
crying evil.
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Dutch: kwetsuur, laesie, letsel, trauma, verwonding
Polish: uraz, trauma, traumatyzm
2 harm
3 harm
The act of damaging something or someone.
synonyms: damage, hurt, scathe.
Dutch: schade
Polish: uszkodzenie
verb
1 harm
Cause or do harm to.
Roget 649:
be hurtful
etc.
adj.;
cause evil,
produce evil,
inflict evil,
work evil,
do evil
etc.
619;
damnify†,
endamage†,
hurt,
harm;
injure
etc.
(damage)
659;
pain
etc.
830.
wrong,
aggrieve,
oppress,
persecute;
trample upon,
tread upon,
bear hard upon,
put upon;
overburden;
weigh down,
weigh heavy on;
victimize;
run down;
molest
etc.
830.
maltreat,
abuse;
ill-use,
ill-treat;
buffet,
bruise,
scratch,
maul;
smite
etc.
(scourge)
972;
do violence,
do harm,
do a mischief;
stab,
pierce,
outrage.
do mischief,
make mischief;
bring into trouble.
destroy
etc.
162.
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Roget 907:
be malevolent
etc.
adj.;
bear spleen,
harbor spleen,
bear a grudge,
harbor a grudge,
bear malice;
betray the cloven foot,
show the cloven foot.
hurt
etc.
(physical pain)
378;
annoy
etc.
830;
injure. ,
harm,
wrong;
do harm to,
do an ill office to;
outrage;
disoblige,
malign,
plant a thorn in the breast.
molest,
worry,
harass,
haunt,
harry,
bait,
tease;
throw stones at;
play the devil with;
hunt down,
dragoon,
hound;
persecute,
oppress,
grind;
maltreat;
illtreat,
ill-use.
wreak one's malice on,
do one's worst,
break a butterfly on the wheel;
dip one's hands in blood,
imbrue one's hands in blood;
have no mercy
etc.
914.1.
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Dutch: aandoen, aantasten, berokkenen, toebrengen
adjective
Roget 659:
unimproved
etc.
(improve)
etc.
658;
deteriorated
etc.
v.;
altered,
altered for the worse;
injured
etc.
v.;
sprung;
withering,
spoiling
etc.
v.;
on the wane,
on the decline;
tabid†;
degenerate;
marescent†;
worse;
the worse for,
all the worse for;
out of repair,
out of tune;
imperfect
etc.
651;
the worse for wear;
battered;
weathered,
weather-beaten;
stale,
passe,
shaken,
dilapidated,
frayed,
faded,
wilted,
shabby,
secondhand,
threadbare;
worn,
worn to a thread,
worn to a shadow,
worn to the stump,
worn to rags;
reduced,
reduced to a skeleton;
far gone;
tacky [U.S.].
decayed
etc.
v.;
moth-eaten,
worm-eaten;
mildewed,
rusty,
moldy,
spotted,
seedy,
time-worn,
moss-grown;
discolored;
effete,
wasted,
crumbling,
moldering,
rotten,
cankered,
blighted,
tainted;
depraved
etc.
(vicious)
945;
decrepid†,
decrepit;
broke,
busted,
broken,
out of commission,
hors de combat [Fr.],
out of action,
broken down;
done,
done for,
done up;
worn out,
used up,
finished;
beyond saving,
fit for the dust hole,
fit for the wastepaper basket,
past work
etc.
(useless)
645.
at a low ebb,
in a bad way,
on one's last legs;
undermined,
deciduous;
nodding to its fall
etc.
(destruction)
162;
tottering
etc.
(dangerous)
665;
past cure
etc.
(hopeless)
859;
fatigued
etc.
688;
retrograde
etc.
(retrogressive)
283;
deleterious
etc.
649.
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harmed
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