deleterious

see definition of deleterious

adjharmful, damaging

Synonyms for deleterious

adj harmful, damaging

Antonyms for deleterious

badder

adjective. harmful

baddest

adjective. harmful

baneful

adjective. ruinous, injurious

corrupt

adjective. debased, vicious

costlier

adjective. harmful, damaging

Word Origin & History

1640s, from Medieval Latin deleterius, from Greek deleterios "noxious," from deleter "destroyer," from deleisthai "to hurt, injure." Related: Deleteriously; deleteriousness.

Example Sentences for deleterious

But it is also true that some of the most deleterious books we have are romances.

Moreover, slavish imitation in any art has a deleterious influence.

I hope the bill will pass without any deleterious amendments.

War is unlikely to begin in India, and the climate is deleterious in the summer months.

The vapor of charcoal in a close room is so deleterious as to cause death.

This is deleterious to the health of man, but vastly more so to these apes.

In huge quantities, and constantly taken, I dare say it is deleterious.

It will be like new bread without its deleterious qualities.

Deleterious occupations or such as were injurious to health were prohibited.

These deleterious chlorinated oily compounds may be removed by agitation with strong sulphuric acid, or by distillation from it.