deleterious

Meaning

Causing physical or mental harm or damage.

causing harm or damage

Example Sentences

Smoking has deleterious effects on health.

Smoking has deleterious effects on health.

Synonyms

Harmful, Detrimental, Adverse, harmful, damaging, detrimental, injurious

Entry 1

Harmful, Detrimental, Adverse

Entry 2

harmful, damaging, detrimental, injurious

Antonyms

Beneficial, Helpful, Harmless, beneficial, helpful, advantageous

Entry 1

Beneficial, Helpful, Harmless

Entry 2

beneficial, helpful, advantageous

Collocations

deleterious effect, deleterious impact, deleterious influence