Antonyms for harm
Grammar : Noun, verb |
Spell : hahrm |
Phonetic Transcription : hɑrm |
Definition of harm
Origin :- Old English hearm "hurt, evil, grief, pain, insult," from Proto-Germanic *harmaz (cf. Old Saxon harm, Old Norse harmr, Old Frisian herm "insult; pain," Old High German harm, German Harm "grief, sorrow, harm"), from PIE *kormo- "pain."
- noun injury, evil
- verb injure; cause evil
- We missed our morning mass, it will do us no harm to hear Nones in the Minster.
- Extract from : « The Armourer's Prentices » by Charlotte M. Yonge
- You shall be reckless as you like—but without your stored energy surplus to harm you.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- "Shure a little drink will do me no harm," said Mrs. Malone.
- Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
- What harm can that swearing coachman do, I should like to know, in the street yonder?
- Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
- I never in my life saw any harm done by a villain; I wish I could.
- Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
- I've come to see you for two minutes; I swear I mean you no harm.
- Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
- Where it is most painful is precisely where it does most harm, among the classes we call professional.
- Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
- He never meant any harm, but never saw where fun should stop.
- Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
- Have you reason to think that either one of these girls would wish you harm?
- Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
- Well, brother, and suppose there were some little inclination, where could the harm be?
- Extract from : « The Imaginary Invalid » by Molire
Synonyms for harm
- abuse
- banefulness
- blemish
- bruise
- cripple
- crush
- damage
- deleteriousness
- detriment
- dilapidate
- discommode
- disserve
- disservice
- do violence to
- dump on
- foul play
- get
- hurt
- ill
- ill-treat
- immorality
- impair
- impairment
- incommode
- inconvenience
- infliction
- iniquity
- loss
- louse up
- maim
- maltreat
- mangle
- mar
- marring
- mess up
- mischance
- mischief
- misfortune
- misuse
- molest
- muck up
- mutilate
- nick
- noxiousness
- outrage
- perniciousness
- prejudice
- put down
- ravage
- ruin
- ruination
- sabotage
- sap
- scathe
- shatter
- shock
- sin
- sinfulness
- spoil
- stab
- tarnish
- total
- trample
- traumatize
- tweak
- undermine
- vandalism
- vandalize
- vice
- violence
- vitiate
- wear and tear
- wickedness
- wing
- wound
- wreck
- wrench
- wrong
- zing
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