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The synonyms of “Detrimental” are: damaging, prejudicial, prejudicious, harmful, injurious, hurtful, inimical, deleterious, dangerous, destructive, ruinous, calamitous, disastrous, pernicious, ill, bad, evil, baleful, malign, corrupting, malignant, adverse, undesirable, unfavourable, unfortunate, counterproductive
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “detrimental” as an adjective can have the following definitions:
| adverse | Preventing success or development; harmful; unfavourable. Adverse weather conditions. |
| bad | Feeling physical discomfort or pain tough is occasionally used colloquially for bad. So called bad grammar. |
| baleful | Threatening harm; menacing. The Florida eagles have a fierce baleful look. |
| calamitous | Having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin. Such calamitous events as fires hurricanes and floods. |
| corrupting | Not straight; dishonest or immoral or evasive. Corrupt judges and their corrupting influence. |
| counterproductive | Tending to hinder the achievement of a goal. Child experts fear the Executive s plans may prove counterproductive. |
| damaging | Having a detrimental effect on someone or something. Damaging allegations of corruption. |
| dangerous | Likely to cause problems or to have adverse consequences. A dangerous bridge. |
| deleterious | Causing harm or damage. Divorce is assumed to have deleterious effects on children. |
| destructive | Causing destruction or much damage. The destructive power of weapons. |
| disastrous | Causing great damage. A disastrous fire swept through the museum. |
| evil | Of a force or spirit embodying or associated with the forces of the devil. Evil purposes. |
| harmful | Causing or capable of causing harm. Sugars which can be harmful to the teeth. |
| hurtful | Causing distress to someone’s feelings. Her hurtful unconsidered words. |
| ill | Presaging ill fortune. Even the seriously ill cannot get tests done immediately. |
| inimical | Unfriendly; hostile. An inimical alien power. |
| injurious | Causing or likely to cause damage or harm. Food which is injurious to health. |
| malign | Of a disease malignant. Prompted by malign motives. |
| malignant | (of a disease) very virulent or infectious. In the hands of malignant fate. |
| pernicious | Exceedingly harmful. The pernicious influences of the mass media. |
| prejudicial | Harmful to someone or something; detrimental. The presence of discriminatory or prejudicial attitudes in the white population. |
| prejudicious | Causing harm or injury. The conclusions in the annual report of the commission are prejudicious. |
| ruinous | Extremely harmful; bringing physical or financial ruin. A ruinous effect on the environment. |
| undesirable | Not worthy of being chosen (especially as a spouse. The drug s undesirable side effects. |
| unfavourable | (of winds or weather) tending to hinder or oppose. Single mothers are often the target of unfavourable press attention. |
| unfortunate | Having or marked by bad fortune; unlucky. An unfortunate decision. |
| antidote | A remedy that stops or controls the effects of a poison. Laughter is a good antidote to stress. |
| catastrophic | Relating to geological catastrophism. Catastrophic illness. |
| damage | Suffer or be susceptible to damage. How much is the damage. |
| damaging | Having a detrimental effect on someone or something. Damaging allegations of corruption. |
| deadly | As if dead. It s a great town and the pubs are deadly. |
| deleterious | Causing harm or damage. Divorce is assumed to have deleterious effects on children. |
| destructive | Causing destruction or much damage. A policy that is destructive to the economy. |
| devastating | Physically or spiritually devastating often used in combination. A devastating portrait of human folly. |
| exotoxin | A toxin that is secreted by microorganisms into the surrounding medium. |
| fatal | Causing death. A fatal accident. |
| harm | Cause or do harm to. I can t see any harm in it. |
| harmful | Causing or capable of causing harm. The ozone layer blocks the harmful rays from the sun. |
| incapacitate | Deprive (someone) of their legal capacity. He was incapacitated by a heart attack. |
| injurious | Causing or likely to cause damage or harm. Food which is injurious to health. |
| injury | An act that causes someone or something to receive physical damage. She suffered an injury to her back. |
| lethal | (in a sporting context) very accurate or skilful. The Krakatoa eruption was the most lethal on record. |
| libellous | Containing or constituting a libel. A libellous newspaper story. |
| libelous | (used of statements) harmful and often untrue; tending to discredit or malign. |
| neurotoxin | A poison which acts on the nervous system. |
| noxious | Injurious to physical or mental health. They were overcome by the noxious fumes. |
| pernicious | Exceedingly harmful. The pernicious influences of the mass media. |
| poison | Smear a weapon or missile with poison. Her husband poisoned her drink in order to kill her. |
| poisoning | The fact of being affected by or contaminated with poison. Symptoms of poisoning may include nausea diarrhoea and vomiting. |
| poisonous | Extremely unpleasant or malicious. There was a poisonous atmosphere at the office. |
| prejudicial | Tending to favor preconceived ideas. The proposals were considered prejudicial to the city centre. |
| ruinous | Causing injury or blight; especially affecting with sudden violence or plague or ruin. A ruinous course of action. |
| toxin | A poisonous substance produced during the metabolism and growth of certain microorganisms and some higher plant and animal species. |
| venom | Feeling a need to see others suffer. His voice was full of venom. |
| virulent | Bitterly hostile. The poison is so virulent that it kills a fish instantly. |
| wound | Inflict a wound on. The right reader of a good poem can tell the moment it strikes him that he has taken an immortal wound that he will never get over it. |
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