Harmful
Harmful
Harmful (/ˈhɑːrmfʊl/) is an adjective that describes something that has the potential to cause harm or damage. The term is derived from the Old English word "hearmful", which means "causing harm or injury".
Etymology
The term "harmful" is a combination of the Old English word "hearm", which means "harm, evil, grief, sorrow, wrong", and the suffix "-ful", which means "full of". The word "hearm" is derived from the Proto-Germanic "*harmaz", which has the same meaning.
Related Terms
- Harm: The physical, mental, or emotional injury or damage caused by an action or event.
- Damage: The physical harm caused to something in such a way as to impair its value, usefulness, or normal function.
- Injury: Physical harm or damage to someone's body caused by an accident or attack.
- Risk: The possibility that something unpleasant or unwelcome will happen.
- Danger: The possibility of suffering harm or injury.
- Threat: A statement of an intention to inflict pain, injury, damage, or other hostile action on someone in retribution for something done or not done.
- Toxic: Poisonous; capable of causing serious harm or death.
Usage
The term "harmful" is often used in medical and health contexts to describe substances, behaviors, or conditions that can cause harm to the human body. For example, smoking is often described as harmful because it can cause a variety of health problems, including lung cancer and heart disease.
See Also
- Harmless: Not able or likely to cause harm.
- Beneficial: Resulting in good; favorable or advantageous.
External links
- Medical encyclopedia article on Harmful
- Wikipedia's article - Harmful
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