harm
Plural: harms
Noun
- any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.
- the occurrence of a change for the worse
- the act of damaging something or someone
- Physical injury; hurt; damage.
- Emotional or figurative hurt.
- Detriment; misfortune.
- That which causes injury, damage, or loss.
Verb
Verb Forms: harmed, harming, harms
- To injure or cause damage to.
- cause or do harm to
- "These pills won't harm your system"
- To damage, hurt, or injure something, usually an inanimate object.
Examples
- Although not physically injured in the car accident, she received some psychological harm.
- His clever block didn’t just prevent points, it seemed to harm his opponent’s morale.
- I wish him no harm.
- No harm came to my possessions.
- You can do a lot of harm to someone if you kick them in the teeth.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English harm, herm, from Old English hearm, from Proto-West Germanic *harm, from Proto-Germanic *harmaz (“harm; shame; pain”). Cognate with Dutch harm (“harm”), German Harm (“harm”), Swedish harm (“anger, indignation, harm”), Icelandic harmur (“sorrow, grief”).
Synonyms
damage, hurt, impairment, injury, scathe, trauma, abuse, annoy, bewound, damnify, dere, do damage to, do for, do ill, do violence to, forwork, grieve, harm, harrow, injure, maul, misdo, put someone in hospital, scaith, vulnerate, wet, wound
Scrabble Score: 9
harm: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordharm: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
harm: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary