harm

Meaning of harm

noun
  1. physical injury, especially that which is deliberately inflicted.
    I didn't mean to cause him any harm
verb
  1. physically injure.
    the villains didn't harm him

Old English hearm (noun), hearmian (verb), of Germanic origin; related to German Harm and Old Norse harmr ‘grief, sorrow’.

Information about harm

  • The plural form of harm is: harms.
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Hyphenation of harm

harm

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 4 chars.
  • harm is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

harm synonyms

Meaning injury:

injury, hurt, trauma

Meaning damage:

damage, impairment, hurt, scathe

Meaning highly unpleasant physical sensation caused by illness or injury:

pain

Meaning the state of undergoing pain, distress, or hardship:

suffering

Meaning extreme anxiety, sorrow, or pain:

distress

Meaning severe mental or physical pain or suffering:

anguish

Meaning severe physical or mental suffering:

torment

Meaning intense sorrow, especially caused by someone's death:

grief

Meaning the action or process of causing so much damage to something that it no longer exists or cannot be repaired:

destruction

Meaning the fact or process of losing something or someone:

loss

Meaning the physical destruction or disintegration of something or the state of disintegrating or being destroyed:

ruin

Meaning the action or process of spoiling the surface or appearance of something:

defacement

Meaning the action of defiling or the state of being defiled:

defilement

Meaning harm or trouble caused by someone or something:

mischief

Meaning do physical harm or damage to (someone):

injure

Meaning inflict a wound on:

wound

Meaning treat (a person or animal) cruelly or with violence:

maltreat

Meaning treat (a person or animal) badly, cruelly, or unfairly:

mistreat

Meaning treat (someone or something) badly or unfairly:

misuse

Meaning treat with cruelty or violence, especially regularly or repeatedly:

abuse

Meaning assault or abuse (a person, especially a woman or child) sexually:

molest

Meaning diminish or destroy the value or quality of:

spoil

Meaning impair the quality or appearance of; spoil:

mar

Meaning end the existence of (something) by damaging or attacking it:

destroy

Meaning weaken or damage (something, especially a faculty or function):

impair

Meaning spoil the surface or appearance of (something), for example by drawing or writing on it:

deface

Meaning damage the purity or appearance of; mar or spoil:

defile

Meaning spoil the appearance or quality of (something):

blemish

Meaning make or become less valuable or respected:

tarnish

Meaning affect with a bad or undesirable quality:

taint

harm antonyms

Meaning an advantage or profit gained from something:

benefit

Meaning make or become better:

improve

Translation of harm

Anagrams of harm

Rahm

Words that rhyme with harm

becharm, charm, countercharm, decharm, discharm, disencharm, encharm, outcharm, uncharm, reharm, BSPharm, Biopharm, Genpharm, MPharm, Pharm, Prographarm, Scandipharm, aspropharm, propraratiopharm, afterharm, tharm

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