harms

NOUN

injury, evil

Synonyms

STRONGEST

abuse damage disservice impairment loss mischief misuse sabotage vandalism violence wrong

STRONG

detriment hurt ill immorality infliction iniquity marring mischance misfortune noxiousness outrage perniciousness prejudice ravage ruin ruination sin sinfulness vice wickedness

WEAK

banefulness deleteriousness foul play wear and tear

Antonyms

STRONGEST

favor help kindness

STRONG

benefit goodness happiness profit virtue

WEAK

advantage blessing good pleasure

VERB

injure; cause evil

Synonyms

STRONGEST

abuse damage hurt impair inconvenience maim mar outrage prejudice ruin sabotage sap shatter shock tarnish trample traumatize undermine wreck

STRONG

blemish bruise crush dilapidate discommode get ill-treat incommode maltreat mangle misuse molest mutilate nick scathe spoil stab total tweak vandalize vitiate wing wound wrench wrong zing

WEAK

disserve do violence to dump on louse up mess up muck up put down

Antonyms

STRONGEST

aid approve assist benefit build create cure fix heal help mend please repair respect strengthen

STRONG

lose make happy protect surrender yield

WEAK

care improve

Example Sentences

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And the city-state's 2023 Online Criminal Harms Act has strengthened the police's hand in ordering social media platforms to remove scam-related content or face penalties.

From Barron's • Mar. 13, 2026

A slew of articles appeared on the website Mad in America with headlines like “STAR*D: The Harms of Orchestrated Psychiatric Fraud.”

From Salon • May 23, 2025

Earlier, our reporter Adrian Harms managed to get close to the hole in Godstone village before further restrictions were put in place.

From BBC • Feb. 19, 2025

Scientists Zealon Gentry-Lear, Michael Shavlik, and Michael Harms of the University of Oregon, and Tom Asaki, a mathematician at WSU, contributed to the research.

From Science Daily • Apr. 16, 2024

We have one Other play by him, entitled The Wounds of Civil War, and having for its subject "the true tragedies of Harms and Sylla," written before 1590, but not printed till 1594.

From Shakespeare: His Life, Art, And Characters, Volume I. With An Historical Sketch Of The Origin And Growth Of The Drama In England by Hudson, Henry Norman